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standstill
[ stand-stil ]
noun
- a state of cessation of movement or action; halt; stop:
The ball rolled to a standstill.
standstill
/ ˈæԻˌɪ /
noun
- a complete cessation of movement; stop; halt
the car came to a standstill
Word History and Origins
Origin of standstill1
Idioms and Phrases
see come to a halt (standstill) .Example Sentences
A major trade union has said it is prepared to bring Northern Ireland to a "standstill" to put pressure on Westminster and Stormont over planned changes to welfare payments.
It also reports that the strike has brought air traffic at Hanover Airport to a standstill.
Without GPS, our lives would grind to a halt: in 2017, a government report stated that systematic GPS jamming could bring the UK's financial, electricity and communications systems to a standstill.
"Unfortunately, it seems we're in a bit of a standstill," says Judah Tana, an Australian who runs an NGO which has for years been helping the victims of trafficking in the scam centres.
The world remained at a standstill for those families left behind and many more.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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