put the brakes on (English, verb)
expansion: put the brakes on (third-person singular simple present puts the brakes on, present participle putting the brakes on, simple past and past participle put the brakes on)
Senses:
glosses: To stop (an event, action, or process) or to slow it down.
tags: idiomatic
transitive
glosses: To cease to perform one's current activity or to decrease one's level of activity.
tags: idiomatic
intransitive
Forms:
form: puts the brakes on
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: putting the brakes on
tags: participle
present
form: put the brakes on
tags: participle
past
form: put the brakes on
tags: past
form: put on the brakes
tags: alternative