grind to a halt/standstill
to stop slowly:
The car ground to a halt right in the middle of the street.
figurative If we don't do something soon, the industry could grind to a halt (= stop operating).
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On the road: driving & operating road vehicles
- aquaplaning
- back sth up
- boxed in
- bump start
- bump start
- bus driver
- car seat
- carve
- corner
- dip
- driver
- driving
- foot
- hold the road idiom
- manoeuvre
- motor
- motorist
- pull away
- scorch
- turning circle
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