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put the brakes on

To cease to perform one's current activity or to decrease one's level of activity.
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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."

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Submitted on July 10, 2018

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put the brakes onTo stop or to slow it down.
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