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.
See also: call, halt

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Kikukee-kooJapanese
Hevel-Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
AngusANG-gəsScottish, Irish, English
Alva (1)-Swedish, Norwegian
IngimÁRr-Ancient Scandinavian
JevgeŅIja-Latvian