bring to a standstill

bring something to a standstill

to cause a process or a job to reach a point at which it must stop. The accident brought the work to a standstill. The strike brought construction to a standstill.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ginevra	jee-NEV-rah	Italian
MelÁNia	-	Hungarian, Slovak
Alfhild	-	Norwegian, Swedish
Bonaventura	bo-nah-ven-TOO-rah	Italian
Palmiro	-	Italian
Mukhamed	-	Chechen