Financial and business terms

GRIND TO A HALT

grind to a halt: translation

grind to a halt/standstill
to stop gradually:»

Business ground to a standstill during the bad weather.

Main Entry:↑grind

  1. grind to a haltgrind to a halt translationgrind to a halt Fig.u to slow down and stop. Every day about noon traffic in town grinds to a halt. The bus ground to a halt at the corner an...Dictionary of American idioms
  2. grind to a haltgrind to a halt translationgrind to a halt Fig.u to slow down and stop. Every day about noon traffic in town grinds to a halt. The bus ground to a halt at the corner an...Dictionary of American idioms