jam the brakes on

to press down hard on a vehicle's brakes. Alice jammed the brakes on and the car skidded all over the place. She jammed on the brakes.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ziyad	-	Arabic
Emmanuel	e-man-WEL (French), i-MAN-yə-wəl (English), i-MAN-yəl (English)	Biblical, French, English
Pallav	-	Indian, Hindi
RŮŽEna	-	Czech
Lonny	LAHN-ee	English
Aristaios	-	Greek Mythology