"Hit the brakes" nghĩa là gì?

"Hit the brakes" nghĩa là nhấn/đạp phanh thật nhanh để giảm tốc hoặc dừng. Nghĩa khác là làm chậm/gián đoạn tiến độ công việc.

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The Cable rally (sự phục hồi (giá cổ phiếu)) just hit the brakes a little yesterday, with the resistance (kháng cự) at 1.3000 still intact (còn nguyên) as the market has fallen over at 1.2980. 

A road rage crash (tai nạn kinh hoàng) on Highway 50 was caught on camera. A driver suddenly hit the brakes, forcing another driver to swerve (ngoặt) out of the way, losing control and crashing into the car they were trying to dodge (tránh).

Florida voters want leaders to hit the brakes on a Supreme Court confirmation (quyết định) and reopening the state. That’s according to poll of 3,134 likely Florida voters released Tuesday by the University of North Florida Public Opinion Research Lab.

Brockton Councilor-at-large (ủy viên Hội đồng) Winthrop Farwell is asking those questions in an order he filed for next Tuesday night’s city council meeting, calling on the state to hit the brakes on proposed regulations (quy định được đề xuất) for marijuana (cần sa) delivery services under consideration by the state’s Cannabis Control Commission. 

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