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Standstill

[stand-stil] Origin

stand·still

[stand-stil]
noun
a state of cessation of movement or action; halt; stop: The ball rolled to a standstill.

Origin:
1695–1705; noun use of verb phrase stand still
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standstill (ˈstændˌstɪl)
 
n
a complete cessation of movement; stop; halt: the car came to a standstill

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Word Origin & History

standstill
"state of cessation of movement," 1702, from stand (v.) + still (adj.). Earlier the notion would have been expressed simply by stand.
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Medical Dictionary

standstill stand·still (stānd'stĭl')
n.
Complete cessation of activity or progress.

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Idioms & Phrases

standstill

see come to a halt (standstill).

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