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coming to a standstill synonyms

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  • blow off
  • break
  • break off
  • call it a day
  • cease
  • close
  • cold turkey
  • come to a standstill
  • conclude
  • cool it
  • cut out
  • cut short
  • desist
  • discontinue
  • draw up
  • drop
  • end
  • finish
  • halt
  • hang it up
  • hold
  • kill
  • pause
  • backbite
  • bad-mouth
  • bash
  • belittle
  • berate
  • calumniate
  • cap
  • castigate
  • cuss out
  • cut down
  • cut to the quick
  • decry
  • defame
  • derogate
  • discount
  • do a number on
  • dump on
  • give a black eye
  • hurl brickbat
  • insult
  • knock
  • minimize
  • nag
  • breach
  • cleft
  • crack
  • discontinuity
  • disjunction
  • division
  • fracture
  • gap
  • gash
  • hole
  • rent
  • rift
  • rupture
  • schism
  • split
  • tear
  • detach
  • disassemble
  • divide
  • part
  • pull off
  • separate
  • sever
  • splinter
  • take apart
  • back off
  • break off
  • bring to an end
  • call it quits
  • close
  • close out
  • come to an end
  • culminate
  • cut it out
  • desist
  • die
  • discontinue
  • drop
  • end
  • fail
  • finish
  • give over
  • halt
  • intermit
  • knock off
  • leave off
  • pack in
  • quit
  • back off
  • break off
  • bring to an end
  • call it a day
  • call it quits
  • close
  • close out
  • come to an end
  • culminate
  • cut it out
  • desist
  • die
  • discontinue
  • drop
  • end
  • fail
  • finish
  • give over
  • halt
  • intermit
  • knock off
  • leave off
  • pack in
  • abutting
  • across the street
  • adjacent
  • adjoining
  • approaching
  • around the corner
  • at hand
  • contiguous
  • convenient
  • give or take a little
  • handy
  • hard by
  • immediate
  • imminent
  • impending
  • in spitting distance
  • in the ball park
  • near-at-hand
  • nearest
  • nearly
  • neighboring
  • next
  • nigh
  • abrupt withdrawal
  • crash
  • detox
  • detoxification
  • on the wagon
  • sudden withdrawal
  • taking the cure
  • be over
  • blow off
  • break
  • break off
  • call it a day
  • cease
  • close
  • cold turkey
  • conclude
  • cool it
  • cut out
  • cut short
  • desist
  • discontinue
  • draw up
  • drop
  • end
  • finish
  • halt
  • hang it up
  • hold
  • kill
  • pause
  • achieve
  • bring down curtain
  • call it a day
  • cease
  • cinch
  • clinch
  • close
  • close out
  • complete
  • consummate
  • crown
  • desist
  • draw to close
  • end
  • halt
  • knock off
  • put the lid on
  • put to bed
  • round off
  • stop
  • terminate
  • top off
  • ultimate
  • allay
  • chill out
  • coast
  • cool
  • decline
  • decrease
  • diminish
  • dull
  • dwindle
  • ebb
  • go with the flow
  • hang easy
  • hang loose
  • lay back
  • let go
  • let it all hang out
  • let up
  • mellow out
  • moderate
  • quell
  • recede
  • reduce
  • slacken
  • carve
  • cease
  • delete
  • displace
  • eliminate
  • exclude
  • exsect
  • extirpate
  • extract
  • give up
  • oust
  • pull out
  • refrain from
  • sever
  • stop
  • supersede
  • supplant
  • usurp
  • abbreviate
  • abort
  • abridge
  • break off
  • break short
  • bring to an end; leave unfinished
  • check
  • checkmate
  • clip
  • curtail
  • diminish
  • end
  • finish
  • freeze
  • halt
  • hinder
  • intercept
  • interrupt
  • postpone
  • put a stop to
  • quit
  • shorten
  • stop
  • abandon
  • abstain
  • avoid
  • break off
  • cease
  • discontinue
  • end
  • forbear
  • give over
  • give up
  • halt
  • have done with
  • knock off
  • leave off
  • not do
  • pause
  • quit
  • relinquish
  • resign
  • surcease
  • suspend
  • yield
  • abandon
  • bag it
  • blow off
  • break off
  • call it quits
  • cease
  • close
  • desist
  • disconnect
  • disjoin
  • dissever
  • disunite
  • drop
  • end
  • finish
  • give over
  • give up
  • halt
  • interpose
  • interrupt
  • intervene
  • kill
  • knock off
  • compose
  • formulate
  • frame
  • indite
  • make
  • prepare
  • write
  • write out
  • bead
  • bit
  • bubble
  • crumb
  • dab
  • dash
  • dewdrop
  • driblet
  • drip
  • droplet
  • iota
  • molecule
  • morsel
  • nip
  • ounce
  • particle
  • pearl
  • pinch
  • sip
  • smidgen
  • speck
  • splash
  • spot
  • borderline
  • bound
  • boundary
  • butt end
  • confine
  • cusp
  • deadline
  • edge
  • extent
  • extremity
  • foot
  • head
  • heel
  • limitation
  • neb
  • nib
  • point
  • prong
  • spire
  • stub
  • stump
  • tail
  • tail end
  • accomplishment
  • achievement
  • acquirement
  • acquisition
  • annihilation
  • attainment
  • cease
  • cessation
  • close
  • closing
  • culmination
  • curtain
  • curtains
  • death
  • defeat
  • denouement
  • desistance
  • end
  • end of the line
  • end of the road
  • ending
  • finale
  • finis
  • arrest
  • break
  • break-off
  • close
  • cutoff
  • freeze
  • grinding halt
  • impasse
  • interruption
  • layoff
  • letup
  • pause
  • screaming halt
  • screeching halt
  • stand
  • standstill
  • stop
  • termination
  • accomplish
  • achieve
  • bag it
  • break up
  • bring to a close
  • carry through
  • cease
  • clinch
  • close
  • complete
  • conclude
  • crown
  • culminate
  • deal with
  • determine
  • discharge
  • do
  • effect
  • end
  • execute
  • finalize
  • fold
  • fulfill
  • authority
  • clasp
  • clench
  • clinch
  • clout
  • clutch
  • control
  • dominance
  • dominion
  • grip
  • influence
  • occupancy
  • occupation
  • ownership
  • pull
  • purchase
  • retention
  • sway
  • tenacity
  • tenure
  • X-out
  • annihilate
  • asphyxiate
  • assassinate
  • crucify
  • dispatch
  • do away with
  • do in
  • drown
  • dump
  • electrocute
  • eradicate
  • erase
  • execute
  • exterminate
  • extirpate
  • finish
  • garrote
  • get
  • guillotine
  • hang
  • hit
  • immolate
  • abeyance
  • break
  • break-off
  • breathing space
  • breathing spell
  • caesura
  • cessation
  • coffee break
  • comma
  • cutoff
  • deadlock
  • discontinuance
  • downtime
  • freeze
  • gap
  • gridlock
  • halt
  • happy hour
  • hesitancy
  • hesitation
  • hiatus
  • hitch
  • hush
  • arrive
  • brake
  • bring up
  • come to a halt
  • come to a stop
  • draw up
  • fetch up
  • get there
  • haul up
  • pause
  • reach a standstill
  • abate
  • abrogate
  • annihilate
  • annul
  • call off
  • cancel
  • destroy
  • disestablish
  • dissolve
  • end
  • eradicate
  • erase
  • expunge
  • extinguish
  • extirpate
  • finish
  • inhibit
  • invalidate
  • kill
  • negate
  • nix
  • nullify
  • obliterate
  • abdicate
  • blow
  • book
  • bow out
  • check out
  • cut out
  • decamp
  • depart
  • desert
  • drop
  • drop out
  • evacuate
  • exit
  • forsake
  • get off
  • give up
  • go
  • go away from
  • hang it up
  • leave flat
  • leave hanging
  • pull out
  • push off
  • alleviate
  • ameliorate
  • attend
  • better
  • cold turkey
  • correct
  • doctor
  • dose
  • dress
  • dry out
  • help
  • improve
  • kick
  • kick the habit
  • make better
  • make healthy
  • make whole
  • medicate
  • mend
  • minister to
  • nurse
  • palliate
  • rectify
  • burden
  • melody
  • music
  • song
  • strain
  • theme
  • tune
  • undersong
  • become fair
  • become sunny
  • blow over
  • brighten
  • die away
  • die down
  • improve
  • lapse
  • lift
  • pick up
  • abrade
  • brush
  • buff
  • cleanse
  • mop
  • polish
  • rub
  • scour
  • wash
  • abandon
  • cease
  • close down
  • stop
  • abandon
  • abdicate
  • bail out
  • bow out
  • capitulate
  • cease work
  • cede
  • demit
  • divorce oneself from
  • drop
  • drop out
  • end service
  • fold
  • forgo
  • forsake
  • give notice
  • give up the ship
  • hand in resignation
  • hand over
  • hang it up
  • leave
  • quit
  • relinquish
  • arrest
  • avoid the issue
  • beat around the bush
  • brake
  • check
  • die
  • drag one's feet
  • equivocate
  • fence
  • filibuster
  • halt
  • hamper
  • hedge
  • hinder
  • hold off
  • interrupt
  • not move
  • play for time
  • postpone
  • prevaricate
  • put off
  • quibble
  • shut down
  • angle
  • attitude
  • belief
  • carriage
  • determination
  • notion
  • poise
  • pose
  • sentiment
  • slant
  • sound
  • stance
  • standpoint
  • twist
  • two cents' worth
  • view
  • break
  • halt
  • holiday
  • sojourn
  • stop
  • stopover
  • vacation
  • abide
  • bide
  • dally
  • drag
  • drag one's feet
  • dwell
  • filibuster
  • get no place fast
  • goof around
  • hang around
  • hold the phone
  • lag
  • linger
  • lodge
  • loiter
  • lose time
  • pause
  • poke
  • procrastinate
  • put off
  • remain
  • rest
  • sojourn
  • abolish
  • abort
  • achieve
  • adjourn
  • annul
  • bounce
  • bound
  • bring to an end
  • cancel
  • cease
  • close
  • come to an end
  • complete
  • conclude
  • confine
  • cut off
  • define
  • desist
  • determine
  • discharge
  • discontinue
  • dismiss
  • dissolve
  • be through with
  • bring to a close
  • clean up
  • close
  • close down
  • come to the end
  • complete
  • conclude
  • determine
  • do
  • end
  • end up
  • finalize
  • finish up
  • halt
  • liquidate
  • settle
  • terminate
  • tie up loose ends
  • wrap up
  • bring to a close
  • close
  • complete
  • conclude
  • determine
  • end
  • halt
  • polish off
  • terminate
  • wind up

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