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Put the brakes on

Verb

Definitions

1.VerbTo stop (an event, action, or process) or to slow it down.
2.VerbTo cease to perform one's current activity or to decrease one's level of activity.

Synonyms

put on the brakesbrakearreststopclamp down onput a stop torein incall a haltslow downpull the reins in on somethinghit pauseslow up
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