slam on the brakes (English, verb)
expansion: slam on the brakes (third-person singular simple present slams on the brakes, present participle slamming on the brakes, simple past and past participle slammed on the brakes)
Senses:
glosses: To press down hard on the brakes of a vehicle in order to make it stop suddenly.
tags: idiomatic
transitive
Forms:
form: slams on the brakes
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: slamming on the brakes
tags: participle
present
form: slammed on the brakes
tags: participle
past
form: slammed on the brakes
tags: past
form: jam on the brakes
tags: alternative