apply the brakes

What if, despite all our efforts, the big companies keep applying the brakes?

Congress is more likely, however, to apply the brakes to the President's rush to war.

It is up to the driver to apply the brakes.

The man applied the brakes with more than usual pressure.

According to the rules, participants must drive at top speed and not apply their brakes.

And the various interested parties will almost always tell different stories about who applied the brakes.

South applied the brakes, and the diamond king was led.

He made speed, turned a corner, and suddenly applied the brakes.

Do not apply your brakes when you reach the curve.

Clyde applied the brakes as he saw a man step into the road.