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grind to a halt

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Verb1.grind to a halt - be unable to move furthergrind to a halt - be unable to move further; "The car bogged down in the sand"
stand still - remain in place; hold still; remain fixed or immobile; "Traffic stood still when the funeral procession passed by"
bog down, mire - cause to get stuck as if in a mire; "The mud mired our cart"


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s When people aren't pedalling hard enough the film - which will be, of course, bicycle related - is likely to grind to a halt.
Without a sufficient driving force from the voters behind it, the entire democratic machine of the country is likely to grind to a halt, and the consequence will be total submission to the dictation of Brussels.
We are getting to the end of the hedge-laying season now so things will grind to a halt to a certain extent, butwe have just about finished what we wanted to do by this stage.
 
 
 
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