to be at a standstill

to be at a standstill
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  • Standstill — Datos generales Origen Barcelona, España …   Wikipedia Español

  • standstill — stand‧still [ˈstændˌstɪl] noun [singular] a situation in which there is no movement or activity: • Strikes brought production to a standstill. • The negotiations are basically at a standstill. * * * standstill UK US /ˈstændstɪl/ noun [S] ► …   Financial and business terms

  • standstill agreement — stand·still agreement / stand ˌstil / n: an agreement providing for the preservation of the status quo for a specified or indefinite period: as a: an agreement under which litigation is forestalled between two parties b: an agreement under which… …   Law dictionary

  • Standstill operation — is a surgical procedure that involves cooling the body of the patient and stopping blood circulation. It is used to repair brain aneurysms and aortic arch defects. The procedure requires keeping the patient in a state of hibernation at 15 degrees …   Wikipedia

  • standstill period — England, Wales In the context of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006, a mandatory period between the notification of the intended award of a contract subject to those regulations and the actual award of that contract. The standstill period is… …   Law dictionary

  • Standstill — Stand still ( st[i^]l ), n. A standing without moving forward or backward; a stop; a state of rest. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • standstill — index cessation (interlude), check (bar), cloture, deadlock, desuetude, halt, hiatus …   Law dictionary

  • standstill — state of cessation of movement, 1702, from STAND (Cf. stand) (v.) + STILL (Cf. still) (adj.). Earlier the notion would have been expressed simply by stand …   Etymology dictionary

  • standstill — [n] stop arrest, cessation, check, checkmate, corner*, dead end*, deadlock, dead stop*, delay, gridlock, halt, hole, impasse, inaction, pause, stalemate, standoff, wait; concepts 119,832 Ant. advance, progress …   New thesaurus

  • standstill — ► NOUN ▪ a situation or condition without movement or activity …   English terms dictionary

  • standstill — [stand′stil΄] n. a stop, halt, or cessation …   English World dictionary


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