slam the brakes on

to push on a vehicle's brakes suddenly and hard. (The can be replaced by a possessive pronoun.) The driver in front of me slammed her brakes on and I nearly ran into her. Don't slam on your brakes when the road is wet.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
VigdÍS	-	Icelandic
Estella	es-TEL-ə	English
Daria	DAHR-yah (Italian, Polish, Romanian), DAHR-ee-ə (English), DER-ee-ə (English), DAR-ee-ə (English)	Italian, Polish, Romanian, English, Croatian, Late Greek (Latinized)
Djamila	-	Arabic
Temir	-	Kazakh
Florus	-	Ancient Roman