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Meaning of come to a stop | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. To stop moving or being active; to stop.
  2. To reach a point where little progress is being made; to come to an impasse; to stop.

Equivalents

Italiano incagliarsi

Examples

“The TV broadcast suddenly came to a stop.”
“The car came to a stop in front of the house, and the front door opened, and a little girl—My sister, I thought, as if such a thing were as rare as a white elephant—came bounding out, the dark ringlets of her hair bouncing as she descended the porch steps and stopped to stare at me.”
“The renovation effort came to a juddering stop due to a lack of funding.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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