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
Vena	-	Hinduism
Avinash	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Kannada
Fridtjof	FRIT-shof (Swedish), FRIT-yof (Swedish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
BÉBhinn	BAY-vin, BE-veen	Irish
ZahİDe	-	Turkish
Hro&Eth;Ulf	-	Anglo-Saxon