"not so fast" meaning in English

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Phrase

Audio: En-au-not so fast.ogg [Australia], en-us-not so fast.ogg [US]
Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} not so fast
  1. (idiomatic) Used to tell someone to stop doing something. Tags: idiomatic Translations (stop doing something): لَيْسَ بِهٰذِهِ السُّرْعَة (laysa bihāḏihi s-surʕa) (Arabic), eipäs hoppuilla (Finnish), pas si vite (French), minute papillon (French), nicht so schnell (German), לא כל כך מהר (ló kól kákh mahér) (Hebrew), इतना शीघ्र नहीं (itnā śīghra nahī̃) (Hindi), lassan a testtel (Hungarian), hátrább az agarakkal (Hungarian), nem oda Buda (Hungarian), hohó (Hungarian), nana (Hungarian), álljon meg a(fáklyás)menet (Hungarian), nie tak szybko (Polish), não tão rápido (Portuguese), no tan deprisa (Spanish), sakta i backarna (Swedish), اتنا جلد نہیں (itnā jald nahī̃) (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-not_so_fast-en-phrase-dHXJvbP~ Disambiguation of 'stop doing something': 100 0
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see not, so, fast. Related terms: hold one's horses
    Sense id: en-not_so_fast-en-phrase-~BVWJ7PK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71

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      "sense": "stop doing something",
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      "sense": "stop doing something",
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      "sense": "stop doing something",
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      "word": "não tão rápido"
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      "sense": "stop doing something",
      "word": "no tan deprisa"
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      "sense": "stop doing something",
      "word": "sakta i backarna"
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