"come to a stop" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: comes to a stop [present, singular, third-person], coming to a stop [participle, present], came to a stop [past], come to a stop [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|come<,,came,come> to a stop}} come to a stop (third-person singular simple present comes to a stop, present participle coming to a stop, simple past came to a stop, past participle come to a stop)
  1. To stop moving or being active; to stop.
    Sense id: en-come_to_a_stop-en-verb-8Ob0h-j1
  2. To reach a point where little progress is being made; to come to an impasse; to stop. Translations (reach a point of little progress): incagliarsi (Italian)
    Sense id: en-come_to_a_stop-en-verb-hMOO1SrW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of 'reach a point of little progress': 3 97

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