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.
See also: bring, standstill

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Ansobert-Ancient Germanic
Denisde-NEE (French), DEN-is (English), DE-nis (German)French, Russian, English, German, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Romanian, Croatian
Yeong-Giyung-geeKorean
HankHANGKEnglish
KatkaKAHT-kahCzech, Slovak
JaceJAYSEnglish