📚 Grind to a halt, phrase. ❓ Definition: Gradually slow down or lose momentum and then stop altogether. ❗️ Examples: 1. In summer traffic all but grinds to a halt. 2. The surge of modernism finally seemed to grind to a halt. 3. It was roughly at this time I noticed that whenever I spoke emotionally, my speech came slower and slower until grinding to a halt. 4. Meanwhile, traffic ground to a halt on many major routes due to speed restrictions and fallen trees, police said. 5. By the time they drove two more blocks, traffic had ground to a halt. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌀 @cambridge_dic