slam on the brakes

English

Verb

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)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To press down hard on the brakes of a vehicle in order to make it stop suddenly

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