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What (who) is Standstill - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Standstill (disambiguation)
standstill
n.
1) to bring smt. to a standstill
2) to come to a standstill
3) a complete, total standstill
4) at a standstill (negotiations were at a complete standstill)
5) (misc.) to fight smb. to a standstill
standstill
If movement or activity comes to or is brought to a standstill, it stops completely.
Abruptly the group ahead of us came to a standstill...
Production is more or less at a standstill.
= halt
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Standstill
Standstill refers to a commitment of GATT contracting parties not to impose new trade-restrictive measures during the Uruguay Round negotiations. See: Rollback
Wikipedia
Standstill
A standstill is a situation of no movement or activity. See:
- Lunar standstill, a time at which the range of the Moon's declination is at a maximum or minimum.
- Standstill (band), a Spanish post-hardcore-band.
- Standstill (bicycle), a technique used by bicycle riders.
- Standstill agreement, an instrument of a hostile takeover defence.
- Standstill operation, a surgical procedure that involves cooling the patient's body and stopping blood circulation.
- Standstill period
Examples of use of Standstill
1. More than an hour later, traffic remained at a standstill.
2. The government–organized protest brought traffic to a standstill.
3. That action brought key news services to a standstill.
4. The strike brought much of Athens to a standstill.
5. They had brought our advance to a complete standstill.