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(idiomatic, transitive) To stop (an event, action, or process) or to slow it down. / (idiomatic, intransitive) To cease to perform one's current activity or to decrease one's level of activity.

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put the brakes on

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put the brakes on

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(idiomatic, transitive) To stop (an event, action, or process) or to slow it down. / (idiomatic, intransitive) To cease to perform one's current activity or to decrease one's level of activity.

日本語の意味

（比喩的表現で）出来事、行動、プロセスを止める、または減速させる / （比喩的表現で）現在の活動をやめる、または活動レベルを低下させる

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When we noticed the budget overruns, the board decided to put the brakes on the expansion project.

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予算の超過が判明したとき、取締役会は拡大計画にブレーキをかけることに決めた。

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(idiomatic, transitive) To stop (an event, action, or process) or to slow it down.

"[T]he fight I saw that day made the others look like a young ladies' quadrille. . . . [Y]ou could no more separate them two than you could put the brakes on a blame earthquake."

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