"slam on the brakes" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: slams on the brakes [present, singular, third-person], slamming on the brakes [participle, present], slammed on the brakes [participle, past], slammed on the brakes [past]
Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Synonyms: jam on the brakes
    Sense id: en-slam_on_the_brakes-en-verb-15hzXoIY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for slam on the brakes meaning in All languages combined (1.7kB)

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