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
Abe (1)	AYB (English)	English, Jewish
El	-	Near Eastern Mythology
Theunis	TUU-nis	Dutch
Jenna	JEN-ə (English), YEN-nah (Finnish)	English, Finnish
Terence	['terəns]
Seoirse	SHOR-sha	Irish