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"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."
Submitted on July 10, 2018
Additional definitions for 'put the brakes on':
| put the brakes on | To stop or to slow it down. |
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Nearby phrases
Some more phrases from our dictionary similar to put the brakes on
put something into perspectiveput the kibosh onput the cart before the horseput the pedal to the metalput someone's lights output the fear of God intoput the cat among the pigeonsput the feedbag onput someone in mind ofput someone in their placeput the boot input someone underput the cat among the pigeonsput the moves on
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