Exact Match:
- stalemate
- drawing position in chess: any of a player's possible moves would place his king in check
- subject to a stalemate
Synonyms:
- Tweedledum and Tweedledee,
- arrest,
- bell,
- blind alley,
- block,
- box,
- brake,
- bring to,
- bring up short,
- check,
- checkmate,
- corner,
- cul-de-sac,
- cut short,
- cutoff,
- dam,
- dead end,
- dead heat,
- dead stop,
- dead-end street,
- deadlock,
- draw,
- draw rein,
- end,
- endgame,
- ending,
- even break,
- extremity,
- fair shake,
- final whistle,
- freeze,
- full stop,
- grinding halt,
- gun,
- halt,
- hole,
- impasse,
- knotted score,
- lockout,
- mate,
- neck-and-neck race,
- photo finish,
- pull up,
- put paid to,
- sit-down strike,
- stall,
- stand,
- stand-off,
- standoff,
- standstill,
- stay,
- stem,
- stem the tide,
- stop,
- stop cold,
- stop dead,
- stop short,
- stoppage,
- strike,
- the same,
- tie,
- walkout,
- work stoppage