Meaning of grind to a halt in English

grind to a halt

idiom (also grind to a standstill, grind something to a halt)
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to gradually slow down and stop all movement or activity, or to make something do this:
If traffic increases beyond a certain level, the city grinds to a halt.
After a sprinkling of snow, traffic on our roads ground to a standstill.
Without advertising, business would grind to a halt.
The economy has almost ground to a standstill.
Many projects have fallen behind or simply ground to a standstill.
The number of cases has soared, nearly grinding the system to a halt.
The strikes almost ground the country to a halt.
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(Definition of grind to a halt from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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grind to a halt

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to stop or no longer work well:
Traffic ground to a halt.
The country’s economy is slowly grinding to a halt.
(Definition of grind to a halt from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
 

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