
What Does “jam on the brakes” mean?
Definition:
to press the brakes suddenly and in a hard way.
Example(s)
I had to jam on the brakes because a kid suddenly appeared from nowhere and crossed the road.
This idiom is in the general category.
  
to press the brakes suddenly and in a hard way.
I had to jam on the brakes because a kid suddenly appeared from nowhere and crossed the road.
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