Halt and Work on

Halt

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

Work on is an antonym for halt.

Nearby Words: halted, halting, haltingly

Work on

Work on verb - To exert effort in order to do, make, or perform something.

Halt is an antonym for work on in topics: motivate, move or urge on.

Both terms in one sentence

  • Controversy-Proof Image Yet this hasn't affected Allen's ability to make movies at the same rate as before, nor halt his ability to attract name actors to work on his movies, nor prevent many of them from being commercial successes.
  • Webcomic / Chicanery Orphaned Series: Work on the comic eventually ground to a halt in 2008.
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