Usually means: Stop moving or functioning completely.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. grind to a halt: Merriam-Webster
  2. grind to a halt: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. grind to a halt: Vocabulary.com
  4. grind to a halt: Wiktionary
  5. grind to a halt: Dictionary.com
  6. grind to a halt: Rhymezone
  7. grind to a halt: FreeDictionary.org
  8. grind to a halt: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. grind to a halt: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. grind to a halt: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. grind to a halt: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. grind to a halt: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. grind to a halt: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (grind to a halt)

▸ verb:  (intransitive, of an activity) To come to a standstill, or cease to be productive or make progress, due to an obstacle.

Similar:
come to a stop, stop, stall, stay, astand, stagnate, seize up, atstand, bog down, call a halt, more...

Opposite:
accelerate, speed up, gain momentum, pick up speed

Types:
come to stop, cease, end, finish, terminate, more...

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Similar:
come to a stop, stop, stall, stay, astand, stagnate, seize up, atstand, bog down, call a halt, more...

Opposite:
accelerate, speed up, gain momentum, pick up speed

Types:
come to stop, cease, end, finish, terminate, more...



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