call a halt to
idiom
: to stop (something) : to bring (something) to an end
The chairman called a halt to the discussion.
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Must that teacher also call a halt to a student’s book report if the student selects the book Less, a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about a gay writer?
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Ian Millhiser, Vox, 15 Apr. 2025
The federal government last month agreed to call a halt to a civil rights investigation on the condition that Alabama finally do something about wastewater pooling in yards in rural Lowndes County.
—Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 9 June 2023
The federal government last month agreed to call a halt to a civil rights investigation on the condition that Alabama finally do something about wastewater pooling in yards in rural Lowndes County.
—Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 9 June 2023
No one factor appeared to prompt General al-Burhan to call a halt to Sudan’s democratic transition.
—New York Times, 29 Oct. 2021
Inside the Coup: What caused Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan to call a halt to Sudan’s democratic transition?
—New York Times, 28 Apr. 2022
If, after running the stats, the data is either terrible or amazing, the data committee can call a halt to the trial.
—Adam Rogers, Wired, 1 Oct. 2020
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Ian Millhiser, Vox, 15 Apr. 2025
The federal government last month agreed to call a halt to a civil rights investigation on the condition that Alabama finally do something about wastewater pooling in yards in rural Lowndes County.
—Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 9 June 2023
The federal government last month agreed to call a halt to a civil rights investigation on the condition that Alabama finally do something about wastewater pooling in yards in rural Lowndes County.
—Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 9 June 2023
No one factor appeared to prompt General al-Burhan to call a halt to Sudan’s democratic transition.
—New York Times, 29 Oct. 2021
Inside the Coup: What caused Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan to call a halt to Sudan’s democratic transition?
—New York Times, 28 Apr. 2022
If, after running the stats, the data is either terrible or amazing, the data committee can call a halt to the trial.
—Adam Rogers, Wired, 1 Oct. 2020
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