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1 call it a day
(to bring (something) to an end; to stop (eg working): I'm so tired that I'll have to call it a day.) mest mieru; beigt strādāt -
2 give in
1) (to stop fighting and admit defeat; to yield: The soldiers were outnumbered and gave in to the enemy.) padoties2) (to hand or bring (something) to someone (often a person in authority): Do we have to give in our books at the end of the lesson?) atdot; iesniegt
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bring something to a halt — bring something to an end/a close/a halt/ phrase to make something stop He brought the conversation to a close. Thesaurus: to bring an end to somethingsynonym to kill a person or animalsynonym … Useful english dictionary
bring something to a close — bring something to an end/a close/a halt/ phrase to make something stop He brought the conversation to a close. Thesaurus: to bring an end to somethingsynonym to kill a person or animalsynonym … Useful english dictionary
bring something to a screeching halt — come to/bring something to/a screeching halt phrase to stop suddenly, or to make something stop suddenly Thesaurus: to stop movingsynonym Main entry: screech … Useful english dictionary
bring something to your knees — bring (you/something) to (your/its) knees to defeat or stop someone or something. Severe oil shortages could bring our economy to its knees. They played a great game and brought our local basketball champs to their knees … New idioms dictionary
bring something to its knees — bring (you/something) to (your/its) knees to defeat or stop someone or something. Severe oil shortages could bring our economy to its knees. They played a great game and brought our local basketball champs to their knees … New idioms dictionary
bring something to knees — bring (you/something) to (your/its) knees to defeat or stop someone or something. Severe oil shortages could bring our economy to its knees. They played a great game and brought our local basketball champs to their knees … New idioms dictionary
bring something to — cause a boat to stop, especially by turning into the wind. → bring … English new terms dictionary
bring something to an end — to stop something the battle that brought the war to an end … English dictionary
bring something to — cause a boat to stop, esp. by turning into the wind … Useful english dictionary
stop — stop1 W1S1 [stɔp US sta:p] v past tense and past participle stopped present participle stopping ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(not move)¦ 2¦(not continue)¦ 3¦(pause)¦ 4¦(prevent)¦ 5¦(stay)¦ 6 will/would stop at nothing (to do something) 7 stop short of (doing)… … Dictionary of contemporary English
bring — W1S1 [brıŋ] v past tense and past participle brought [bro:t US bro:t] [T] [: Old English; Origin: bringan] 1.) a) to take something or someone with you to the place where you are now, or to the place you are talking about →↑take ▪ Did you bring… … Dictionary of contemporary English