Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “put the brakes on“ and it is a phrase meaning “stop/slow the progress of an activity; restrain, restrict, control, curb, check, block, impede”.
Example Sentence: Putting the brakes on ‘bulldozer justice’. The thread in extra-legal demolitions carried out across different parts of India is a lack of due process and a blatant disregard for directives issued by the judiciary in the past.
This phrase is present in Putting the brakes on ‘bulldozer justice’ and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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