put the brakes on someone
- put the brakes on someone
put the brakes on someone
Fig. to block someone's activities; to cause someone to stop doing something. (Based on
put the brakes on something.) •
The boss put the brakes on Gerald, who was trying too aggressively to get promoted.
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We are going to have to put the brakes on you if you make any more difficulties.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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