call a halt
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English[edit]
Verb[edit]
call a halt (third-person singular simple present calls a halt, present participle calling a halt, simple past and past participle called a halt)
- (transitive with to) Force (something) to stop.
- Synonyms: put an end to, put a stop to, put the kibosh on, bring an end to
References[edit]
- “call a halt to something” (US) / “call a halt to something” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
- “call a halt to something” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
- “call a halt to something”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “call a halt to”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.