idiom(also mainlyUKput a brake on)toslowdown orstopanactivity:抑制;控制;制止Thecityhas put thebrakesonfurtherspending.市政府已经控制进一步的开支了。SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesCausing something to end
abandon
abandonment
all good things (must) come to an endidiom
and have done with itidiom
be over the humpidiom
draw
jacksomethingin
killsomethingstone-deadidiom
knock
knock off (something)
lay
lay the ghost ofsomething(to rest)idiom
lid
lift
raise
staunch
stem
stopper
stranglesomethingat birthidiom
subdue
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put the brakes on something/someone| American Dictionary
put the brakes onsomething/someone
idiomtosloworstoptheprogressof something or someone:Raisingtaxesnow would put thebrakesoneconomicrecovery.(Definition ofput the brakes on something/someonefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/put-the-brakes-on##