phrasal verb · neutral
bring to a halt
UK/brɪŋ tə ə hɔːlt/US/brɪŋ tə ə hɔlt/bring·to·a·HALT
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to cause something to stop completely
Examples
“The fuel shortage brought public transport to a halt.”
“A sudden policy change can bring a project to a halt.”
“The strike threatened to bring the factory to a halt.”
Band 8 sentence
“The sudden withdrawal of funding brought the research programme to a halt, obliging the university to seek alternative sponsors.”
Collocations
- bring something to a halt
- brought to a halt by
Word family
bring (v) verbbrought (v, past) verbbringing (v, gerund) verb
Common mistakes
bring to halt→bring to a halt
make stop→bring to a halt
Say it for a higher band
5stop→6bring to a stop→7+bring to a halt
Synonyms
stop
bring to a standstill
Easily confused
bring to a standstill
“The heavy snow brought traffic in the city to a standstill.”
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