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Definition of Grind to a halt
1. Verb. Be unable to move further. "The car bogged down in the sand"
Generic synonyms: Stand Still
Related verbs: Bog Down, Mire
Derivative terms: Mire
Definition of Grind to a halt
1. Verb. (idiomatic intransitive of a productive activity) Coming to a standstill, or ceasing to be productive or make progress, due to an obstacle. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grind To A Halt
Literary usage of Grind to a halt
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Protecting Our Personal Health Information: Privacy In The Electronic Age edited by Bill Frist, Bill First (1997)
"Clinical and pharmacoepidemiologic research would grind to a halt if researchers
were denied access to this information. Similarly, the HLC is concerned ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Clearly, many physiological changes are taking place in plants at a time of the
year when one would expect the metabolic machinery to grind to a halt as ..."
3. Crimson Architectural Historians 1994-2002 by Stichting Rotterdam-Maaskant (2002)
"The car would approach the house at 75 kph, roar up the gravelled drive - symbol
of a suburban lifestyle - and grind to a halt in decimetres (rather than ..."
4. The Economics of Apartheid by Stephen R. Lewis (1990)
"On the other hand, it is unrealistic to think of a situation in which the Western
economies would grind to a halt for a long period because of ..."
5. Sea-Changes: American Foreign Policy in a World Transformed by Nicholas X. Rizopoulos (1990)
"... the most efficient way to achieve that end is to penalize employers for hiring
illegal aliens so severely that the practice would grind to a halt. ..."
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