bring to a halt

bring someone or something to a halt

to cause someone or something to stop immediately. The explosion brought the lecture to a halt. I brought the visitor to a halt at the front gate.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Adem	-	Turkish
Anemone	ə-NEM-ə-nee	English (Rare)
Jakob	YAH-kawp (German), YAH-kob (Danish)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Dutch, Slovene
Nikephoros	-	Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Teigue	-	Irish
Adannaya	-	Western African, Igbo