English Dictionary

put the brakes on

動詞

慣用表現 他動詞 自動詞

(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

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

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。

意味（1）

(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.

意味（2）

(idiomatic, intransitive) To cease to perform one's current activity or to decrease one's level of activity.

It would have been so easy for him to have the kids rolling on the floor, doubled up with laughter. So he had to put the brakes on at times.

puts the brakes on （ present singular third-person ）

putting the brakes on （ participle present ）

put the brakes on （ participle past ）

put the brakes on （ past ）