call a halt

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English

Verb

call a halt (third-person singular simple present calls a halt, present participle calling a halt, simple past and past participle called a halt)

(transitive with to) Force (something) to stop.
Synonyms: put an end to, put a stop to, put the kibosh on, bring an end to

References

“call a halt to something” (US) / “call a halt to something” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
“call a halt to something” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
“call a halt to something”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
“call a halt to”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

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