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call a halt

call a halt
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [kawl ey hawlt]
    • /kɔl eɪ hɔlt/
    • /kɔːl ə hɒlt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kawl ey hawlt]
    • /kɔl eɪ hɔlt/

Definitions of call a halt words

  • noun call a halt to put an end (to something); stop 3
  • noun call a halt to order a stop, esp. temporarily 3

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Parts of speech for Call a halt

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

call a halt popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for call a halt

verb call a halt

  • abort — If an unborn baby is aborted, the pregnancy is ended deliberately and the baby is not born alive.
  • adjourn — If a meeting or trial is adjourned or if it adjourns, it is stopped for a short time.
  • conclude — If you conclude that something is true, you decide that it is true using the facts you know as a basis.

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