Examples of 'put on the brakes' in a sentence
Meaning of "put on the brakes"
put on the brakes: Refers to slowing down, stopping, or pausing a process or activity. This phrase is often used to signify the need to exercise caution, reconsider actions, or put a temporary halt to something
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- Alternative form of put the brakes on
How to use "put on the brakes" in a sentence
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put on the brakes
Put on the brakes to stop the scooter.
Unless she can put on the brakes.
Put on the brakes and think about this.
The administration should put on the brakes.
We gotta put on the brakes for a bit.
We have to know when to put on the brakes.
Put on the brakes for a second.
We need people who put on the brakes.
She put on the brakes and the car stopped.
He had the ability to put on the brakes.
Put on the brakes now.
This is where we should put on the brakes.
I put on the brakes.
I will just put on the brakes.
The world would be impoverished if we wanted to put on the brakes.
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They need to put on the brakes.
The fact that we are here means that something must have put on the brakes.
Sometimes you just have to put on the brakes to rejuvenate.
Sometimes they are pounding against the walls because they forget to put on the brakes.
She was about to put on the brakes.
I put on the brakes just to land at El Paso even if I crashed.
Tests and measurements to be carried put on the brakes.
Time to put on the brakes.
Means that something must have put on the brakes.
And then you put on the brakes because you could eclipse Stephen.
I think we need to put on the brakes.
Put on the brakes and think about this. We need to talk.
I literally mean put on the brakes.
After hundreds of submitted applications and exactly zero call backs, I put on the brakes.
I needed to put on the brakes.
You have a major leak in the service line and you put on the brakes.
Something always made me put on the brakes at the last second.
You have to stay in the air corridor then put on the brakes.
Can you at least put on the brakes before you tornado my homework?
But the cable came off when the motorman put on the brakes.
You might need to put on the brakes today, Sagittarius.
I was howling from the pain but I put on the brakes.
Well, I would put on the brakes if I found myself getting real rich.
I either proceed or put on the brakes.
Put on the brakes and run in place!
The car began slowing down as if I had put on the brakes.
Mollie, put on the brakes right now.
In Amsterdam the Federal Republic of Germany put on the brakes for the first time.
Eep, put on the brakes.
However, perhaps it is time to put on the brakes.
Okay, put on the brakes.
Good on trajectory, now let us put on the brakes.
Put on the brakes fast!
Now 's the time to put on the brakes a bit.
As they accelerated, India tried unsuccessfully to put on the brakes.
