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 ofbreak

:  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 apply the brake on a vehicle