Halt and Keeps

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Halt verb - To bring (something) to a standstill.

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Keeps is an antonym for halt.

Nearby Words: halted, halting, haltingly

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Halt is an antonym for keeps in topics: commemorate, tend.

Corbett is trying to tell a story, and he keeps forgetting words and stammering to a halt.

Source: Finishing Each Other's Sentences
However it keeps going, juddering to a halt with no resolution somewhere before the climax.

Source: Film / Highlander
The name of Plod was partly because most police officers say "HALT IN THE NAME OF THE LAW", but he keeps getting it all muddled up!

Source: Western Animation / Noddy's Toyland Adventures

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