slam/jam on the brakes

: grand slam

: little slam

: a heavy blow or impact

: a noisy violent closing

: a banging noise

: to strike or beat hard : knock

: to shut forcibly and noisily : bang

: to set or slap down violently or noisily

: a food made by boiling fruit and sugar to a thick consistency

: to become blocked, wedged, or stuck fast

: to become unworkable when a movable part becomes blocked or stuck

: to force one's way into a restricted space

: a crowded mass that impedes or blocks movement

: an act or instance of becoming blocked or jammed (see ²jam)

: the quality or state of being blocked, stopped, or jammed

: archaic past of break

: the common bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum)

: a toothed instrument or machine for separating out the fiber of flax or hemp by breaking up the woody parts

: a machine for bending, flanging, folding, and forming sheet metal

: rough or marshy land overgrown usually with one kind of plant

: a device for arresting or preventing the motion of a mechanism usually by means of friction

: something used to slow down or stop movement or activity

: to slow or stop by or as if by a brake (see ⁵brake)

: to operate or manage a brake

: to become checked by a brake