hit the brakes Idiom, Proverb

hit the brakes

step on the brakes in a car or vehicle, try to stop When I saw that the other car couldn't stop, I hit the brakes.

hit the brakes

1. To bound appoint a vehicle's brakes to apathetic down or stop. He hit the brakes back he saw the adolescent active into the street.2. By extension, to apathetic down or stop article one is doing. We had to hit the brakes on development back we begin out the investors were affairs out.Learn more: brake, hit

hit the brakes

1. Lit. to footfall on a vehicle's brakes adamantine and fast. I came about the ambit too fast and had to hit the brakes immediately.
2. Fig. to stop [something]. The activity seemed to be accepting boilerplate so we hit the brakes afore too abundant added money was spent.Learn more: brake, hit

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