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Tommy Tran
2021-08-04 12:08
Put the brakes on (someone or something) idiom verb phrase
To stifle or hinder the progress or activities of someone or something.
We need to get rid of that guy. All he does is just putting the brakes on the project.
We have to put the brakes on this year contest due to lack of participation.
To stop talking or thinking about something.
Not working properly
To stop playing in a sport
1. To prevent somebody or something from arriving at a certain place
2. To prevent something from happening or prevent someone from doing something by doing something first
If you say you be/come up against a brick wall, you mean that you are unable to go on or change because some obstacles impede you.
The verb "put" should be conjugated according to its tense.
The origins of this phrase can be traced back to the underworld of Detroit in the 1850s. According to legend, organized crime was so prevalent at the period that there were numerous Mafia groups. There was a particularly vicious family who wasted no time in issuing explicit warnings to anyone who dared to cross them. They usually guaranteed that their rivals or anyone who publicly or secretly disrespected them were executed. They were said to “put the brakes” on these people.
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