come to a halt
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English[edit]
Verb[edit]
come to a halt (third-person singular simple present comes to a halt, present participle coming to a halt, simple past came to a halt, past participle come to a halt)
- (intransitive, of an activity) To come to a standstill.
- 2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
- Frank was thrown around like a sack of potatoes in the boot as Queenie raced down the roads. Finally the little car came to a halt. SCREECH!