to a stop

idiom

: to a state in which one is no longer moving
The car skidded/slowed to a stop.

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After multiple tries, the pilots declared an emergency and landed with the nose gear up, skidding to a stop with the front of the plane scraping the runway. Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 27 May 2025 Sheriff’s officials said the chase continued for miles before deputies physically forced the car to a stop, arrested McSwane at gunpoint and rescued the uninjured kidnapping victim from the back of the car. Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 27 May 2025 The film, so enjoyably wacky at first, deflates and drifts to a stop like one of its showboat cars running on empty. Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 23 May 2025 The planes were rickety contraptions with no brakes that belched castor oil and had to be dragged to a stop with a tail skid after landing. Victor Luckerson, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for to a stop

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“To a stop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20a%20stop. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.

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