call a halt

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

1. (transitive with to) Force (something) to stop.

   Synonyms: put an end to, put a stop to, put the kibosh on, bring an end to

• “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.