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Meaning of "to come to a grinding halt" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TO COME TO A GRINDING HALT

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Definition of to come to a grinding halt in the English dictionary

The definition of to come to a grinding halt in the dictionary is If you say that something comes to a grinding halt, you are emphasizing that it stops very suddenly, especially before it was meant to.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TO COME TO A GRINDING HALT

to begin with
to bits
to blow sth wide open
to boot
to cap it all
to carry out an inspection (of sth)
to carry sth to extremes
to catch unshirted hell
to close the books
to coin a phrase
to come to a screeching halt
to come to your senses
to come to your senses/bring sb to their senses
to cook the books
to death
to die for
to do nicely
to do sth by the rule book
to do with
to end up on the cutting room floor

WORDS THAT END LIKE TO COME TO A GRINDING HALT

alt
Anhalt
asphalt
call a halt
cobalt
dealt
Galt
Gestalt
halt
malt
pissasphalt
salt
Saxony-Anhalt
sea salt
shalt
springhalt
stringhalt
to come to a screeching halt
with a grain of salt
with a pinch of salt

Synonyms and antonyms of to come to a grinding halt in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «to come to a grinding halt» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TO COME TO A GRINDING HALT

Find out the translation of to come to a grinding halt to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of to come to a grinding halt from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «to come to a grinding halt» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

来嘎然而止
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

para venir a un paro
570 millions of speakers

English

to come to a grinding halt
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

एक पीस को रोकने के लिए आते हैं
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

من أجل التوصل إلى وقف طحن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

прийти к полной остановке
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

para chegar a uma parada de moagem
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

একটি পিণ্ড থামাতে আসতে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

à venir à une halte de meulage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Untuk datang ke pengisaran terhenti
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

bis zum Stillstand kommen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

研削停止に来て
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

연삭 중단 에 와서
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kanggo teka menyang panggilingan grinding
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đến ngừng hẳn lại
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒரு அரைப்புள்ளி வைக்க வேண்டும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एक पीस थांबणे येणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Taşlama için durmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

per venire a un brusco stop
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dojść do zastoju
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

прийти до повної зупинки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pentru a ajunge la o opri slefuire
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

να έρθει σε μια στάση λείανσης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

na ´n maal tot stilstand te kom
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

att komma till ett tvärstopp
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

å komme til en sliping stoppe
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of to come to a grinding halt

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TO COME TO A GRINDING HALT»

The term «to come to a grinding halt» is regularly used and occupies the 92.325 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about to come to a grinding halt

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TO COME TO A GRINDING HALT»

Discover the use of to come to a grinding halt in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to to come to a grinding halt and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Cruise: The Real World of Cruising Today
'Any minute now, Olaf, the engineers are going to stop the engines and we're going to come to a grinding halt. Do whatever you have to do up here.' 'Nothing, Tom,' Per Holberg said, and Brogan cynically noticed that he was on first name ...
Gil Jackman, 2009
2
Memories Come Alive: An Autobiography
Putting up a brave front, she reassured Krishna Chandra that the loss of his eyesight did not necessarily imply that life had to come to a grinding halt. The best way to deal with the future was to face it with courage and resilience. While coming ...
Mānnā De, 2007
3
The Mountain Is Calling
Peter experienced How It Felt For The Gears To Come To A Grinding Halt in his life! He had to end so that the Lord could begin. Peter came to a place when all he wanted to do in his heart was to serve the Lord. But his reliance on his natural  ...
Kay C. Tyler, 2011
4
The Wholeness Principle: Dynamics of Unity Within Science, ...
The two theories were a double jolt to the collective psyche: not only were humans not a special creation, but also they were living in a universe destined to come to a grinding halt, seemingly in contravention to the divine will. Neo- Darwinism ...
Anna F. Lemkow, 1995
5
Thy Will Be Done
It appeared as though all the efforts expended on my studies and this whole notion about attending CUC were about to come to a grinding halt. I thought through the situation, quickly “I would like to meet with the Business Manager and present ...
Alexander Isaacs, 2013
6
Postmodern Theologies: The Challenge of Religious Diversity
And here Wyschogrod's attempts to utilize saintly narratives to overcome the aporias in modern moral theory seem to come to a grinding halt. As Wyschogrod put it: [Ilt may be useful to consider in a preliminary way some criticisms, not of any ...
Terrence W. Tilley, John Edwards, Tami England, 2005
7
Congressional Record, V. 149, PT. 2, January 21, 2003 to ...
If that is so, the Senate is going to come to a grinding halt. If Miguel Estrada cannot be confirmed, then I doubt that anybody can be confirmed. We may be locked in debate on this matter — I heard an estimate of 3 months at lunch; that may be ...
U S Congress, 2006
8
There Are Only So Many Tomorrows
... could not bear to look at his companion. His only response was to summarily accelerate, winding the car at high speed down the N3, only to come to a grinding halt shortly thereafter, marooned in standstill traffic, a few miles short of the ...
Jay Gubula, 2013
9
Jimi Hendrix: Electric Gypsy
Back out in the studio, they start again, only for the music to come to a grinding halt as a woman appears next to Jimi, hanging drunkenly round his neck. They speak inaudible words near Jimi's mike; Gary considers turning the mike up so ...
Harry Shapiro, 1995
10
The Clinton Scandal and the Future of American Government
... to come to a grinding halt. Even after the president admitted to an inappropriate relationship with Lewinsky in August 1998, the media frenzy did not dissipate. In fact, in the midst of a military action in the Sudan and meetings with heads of ...
Mark J. Rozell, Clyde Wilcox, 2000

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