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
Morgana	mawr-GAN-ə	English (Rare)
EmİN	-	Turkish
Ajeet	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, Bengali
Yadon	-	Biblical Hebrew
Hermes	HUR-meez (English)	Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek
Bird	[bə:d]