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
Eliot	EL-ee-ət	English
Thurston	['θə:stən]
Nicomede	nee-ko-ME-de	Italian
Oscar	AHS-kər (English)	English, Irish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, French, Irish My
Nova	NO-və	English
Becka	BEK-ə	English