put the brakes on

Just like you put the brakes on in a car.

They know how to put the brakes on and turn it around.

"I knew it was time to put the brakes on and look at myself."

"And now he seems to be trying to put the brakes on it."

Both could put the brakes on economic growth in Japan.

"I decided to put the brakes on and make a change in my life," she said.

I began to say no but put the brakes on my tongue.

But there was no real attempt to put the brakes on the process.

Then they put the brakes on, because meat people had to make the next decision.

Higher oil prices are putting the brakes on the entire economy.

We have had no reason to put the brakes on."

You need fantasy, but there has to be a way to put the brakes on.

At which time the plague put the brakes on for a while.

If you are in a wheelchair, be sure to put the brakes on.

As it happened, I was there plenty early enough and he started to put the brakes on a bit.

Clearly it is time to put the brakes on popcorn.

"We need to put the brakes on this trend to stop it from growing."

Nothing, it seems, can put the brakes on runaway executive pay.

It has put the brakes on investment in renewable energy.

"But we're putting the brakes on this personal wine thing."

But he was too intoxicated by her to put the brakes on.

Then Christopher seemed to stop, too, as if he were putting the brakes on something inside himself.

Eventually drugs and alcohol put the brakes on his career.

Ultimately it may be advertisers who put the brakes on things.

Individual finances may also put the brakes on an academic career.