come to a stand

English

Verb

come to a stand (third-person singular simple present comes to a stand, present participle coming to a stand, simple past came to a stand, past participle come to a stand)

  1. Synonym of come to a stop.
    • 1958 February, Arthur F. Beckenham, “A Journey in the Belgian Congo”, in Railway Magazine, page 125:
      As soon as we had come to a stand in Kamina Station, a swarm of porters pushed their way into the compartment to get my luggage. I selected one, and ordered the others out, and then detrained.
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