Meaning of come to rest | Babel Free

Definitions

To stop moving.

Examples

“They were all doomed to be disappointed, however, for the errant engine decided at Stanley junction to spend the remainder of its crowded hour of freedom on the Aberdeen line, and finally came to rest, short of breath, in the dip between Ballathie and Cargill, near the bridge over the Tay.”

“It will be recalled that the engine (No. 6157 of the "Royal Scot" class) overturned down a bank and, together with its tender, came to rest in a field of mangolds.”

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