blow the whistle (?.)
- arrest
- bear witness against
- betray
- blab
- block
- brake
- bring to
- bring up short
- call a halt
- check
- checkmate
- cut short
- dam
- deadlock
- draw rein
- fink
- freeze
- halt
- have had it
- inform against
- inform on
- lose patience
- narc
- peach
- pull up
- put paid to
- rat
- sell out
- snitch
- snitch on
- squeal
- stalemate
- stall
- stay
- stem
- stem the tide
- stool
- stop
- stop cold
- stop dead
- stop short
- tattle
- tell on
- testify against
- turn informer