hit the buffers

phrase

variants or run into the buffers

British, informal

: to stop or fail

His acting career hit the buffers.

The project ran into the buffers.

Examples of hit the buffers in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But then the recovery hit the buffers in Halifax, that hard-won momentum vanishing in a momentary loss of control through a routine maneuver and subsequent crash during the warm-up session. — Andrew Rice, New York Times, 24 July 2026

Through no fault of their own, their budgets are out of control and are about to hit the buffers. — The Economist, 18 June 2020

Rhymes for hit the buffers

• suffers