call a halt to

call a halt to something

to demand that something be stopped. We must call a halt to this childish behavior. The manager called a halt to all overtime.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Zenzi	TSEN-tsee	German
BÁIrbre	BAHR-bre	Irish
April	AY-pril	English
Iisakki	EE:-sahk-kee	Finnish
Constantina	-	Late Roman
Arif	-	Arabic, Indonesian, Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali