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
Lexie	LEKS-ee	English
Seija	SAY-yah	Finnish
Clitus	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
ZÉNaÏDe	ze-na-EED	French
Chawwah	-	Biblical Hebrew
Danko	-	Croatian, Serbian