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What is another word for
putting the brakes on
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Present participle for to halt or restrain the movement or progress of something
Present participle for to cause to proceed or move at a slower pace
Present participle for to reduce the rate or velocity of something
Present participle for to reduce in extent or quantity
Verb
▲
Present participle for to halt or restrain the movement or progress of something
restraining
controlling
curbing
containing
inhibiting
reducing
tempering
decreasing
holding back
reining in
cutting back
checking
repressing
regulating
bridling
suppressing
restricting
constraining
limiting
smothering
keeping in check
holding in
composing
cooling
subduing
moderating
taming
collecting
keeping
measuring
keeping the lid on
keeping a tight rein on
keeping a lid on
simmering down
holding
keeping under control
curtailing
slowing down
arresting
stopping
halting
reining
retarding
stifling
impeding
tying up
cooling off
disciplining
bringing to screeching halt
strangling
gagging
choking back
hindering
buttoning up
boxing in
keeping tight rein on
deterring
keeping back
ruling
entrammeling
fighting back
muffling
entrammelling
withholding
pegging
trammelling
stemming the flow of
fettering
holding down
biting back
putting a limit on
trammeling
keeping lid on
muzzling
governing
freezing
keeping within bounds
cooling down
quelling
re-collecting
calming
settling
mastering
monitoring
adjusting
capping
pulling in
inspecting
recovering
cornering
lulling
quieting
rallying
tranquilizing
US
stilling
damping down
setting limits on
imposing limits on
keeping in line
tranquillising
UK
diminishing
lessening
lowering
easing
abating
mitigating
toning down
deadening
bottling up
softening
dampening
lightening
allaying
dulling
blunting
dropping
damping
alleviating
weakening
swallowing
cutting
minimizing
US
de-escalating
minimising
UK
tapering
cutting down
silencing
attenuating
ebbing
assuaging
overcoming
contracting
muting
cushioning
corking
mellowing
shrinking
sinking
downsizing
depreciating
taking the edge off
scaling down
decrementing
depressing
downscaling
corking up
slashing
relieving
soothing
mollifying
squelching
keeping down
winding down
quenching
modulating
dwindling
confining
squashing
quashing
holding in check
terminating
waning
easing off
tailing off
extinguishing
stemming
delimiting
hampering
cutting short
slackening
putting an end to
concealing
nipping in the bud
frustrating
submerging
ending
soft-pedalling
soft-pedaling
palliating
putting a damper on
paring down
bringing down
suspending
ceasing
dialing down
pocketing
declining
impairing
letting up
putting a lid on
eroding
trimming
relaxing
modifying
putting a stop to
preventing
taking the sting out
cracking down on
devaluating
fixing
clamping down on
circumscribing
petering out
drying up
stepping down
bringing to an end
barring
obstructing
dropping off
pacifying
making cutbacks in
straitening
deflating
finishing
hiding
placating
discontinuing
blocking
degrading
depleting
pruning
subsiding
interrupting
clipping
staunching
qualifying
rationing
cutting off
paring
reining back
laying off
putting a brake on
denting
dulcifying
rolling back
knocking down
taking the bite out
marking down
bringing to a standstill
keeping in
shutting down
wearing away
wearing down
putting the lid on
bringing to a stop
putting damper on
tapering off
running down
cutting back on
falling off
putting the kibosh on
slacking off
whittling down
gulping back
conquering
licking
thwarting
denying
crushing
bounding
setting
overpowering
choking
killing
constricting
gentling
shushing
undermining
censoring
sapping
decaying
benumbing
quietening
fading
degenerating
narrowing
drowning
slumping
numbing
quitting
diluting
breaking
deteriorating
temperating
harshing
getting the better of
crumbling
minifying
remitting
concluding
snuffing out
couching
immobilizing
US
withering
putting down
immobilising
UK
drooping
putting half nelson on
boxing up
axing
bringing under control
placing a limit on
downgrading
wasting
interfering with
making less intense
getting under control
shriveling
US
evaporating
shrivelling
UK
slapping down
covering up
winding up
bringing to a halt
taking down
shutting in
putting a ceiling on
cracking down
bringing to a close
calling a halt to
breaking off
trimming down
trimming back
adjourning
pulling the plug on
holding up
ratcheting down
phasing down
breaking up
dying down
narrowing down
calming down
losing edge
running low
knocking off
playing down
managing
fighting
interning
shaving
sating
resisting
baulking
UK
devitalizing
balking
US
prelimiting
delaying
gulping
slaking
abasing
appeasing
revising
detaining
retaining
foiling
gaining control over
gaining mastery over
shortening
buttressing
retrenching
pausing
neutralizing
US
mincing
setting a limit on
chillin
chilling
hog-tying
docking
keeping control of
absorbing
biting one's lip
rounding down
keeping on a string
cauterizing
US
disempowering
keeping feeling inside oneself
keeping secret
helping
mothballing
lapsing
bottlenecking
counteracting
conciliating
comforting
hushing
sweetening
defusing
falling
receding
ameliorating
discouraging
repulsing
checkmating
braking
neutralising
UK
rebuffing
circumventing
phasing out
icing
finishing off
cauterising
UK
refusing
holding off on
plummetting
plunging
relenting
plummeting
keeping a rein on
bating
slowing
satisfying
dumbing
making weaker
demarcating
getting rid of
soaking up
staying
clamming
throttling
bringing into line
laying down the law to someone
taking the bite out of
taking the sting out of
propitiating
slowing up
slackening pace
fixing up
making less active
making reasonable
closing
cooling out
meeting halfway
palling
taking sting out
patching things up
making reductions in
slimming down
retrenching on
cheapening
expiring
desisting
turning back
putting on ice
putting on hold
refusing to pay
standing in the way of
scaling back
taking the heat off
deactivating
decimating
blurring
shutting up
putting paid to
cancelling
UK
canceling
US
draining away
dying away
growing smaller
growing less
becoming smaller
falling away
dying out
becoming less
playing for time
putting a spoke in someone's wheel
doing for
putting the stopper on
stamping out
completing
dissolving
cramping
reconciling
internalizing
US
bottling
abolishing
internalising
UK
closing up
choking off
annulling
specifying
demarking
prescribing
discounting
delimitating
defining
girdling
rebating
draining
calling a halt
coming to an end
compromising
damaging
humbling
sitting on
pulling back
cutting down on
hemming in
tying down
cowing
undervaluing
petering
reclaiming
busting
keeping within limits
disrupting
keeping to a minimum
keeping at a minimum
cutting in price
devaluing
lowering in price
averting
drawing the line on
marking off
tailing away
clamping down
budgeting
conserving
quietening down
watering down
disturbing
infringing
keeping under wraps
deducting
making cheaper
lowering the price of
underselling
putting on sale
writing down
balming
getting a grip on
keeping inside
jamming up
blacking out
amortising
UK
extenuating
casting down
whittling
saving
making less
making smaller
tightening
amortizing
US
writing off
offering at a giveaway price
subtracting
rendering worthless
reducing the price of
taking tough action
coming down on
encroaching on
obviating
smoothing down
disgrading
limiting to a fixed amount
demeriting
driving down
restricting the consumption of
avoiding
stalling
intercepting
staving off
fending off
leaving off
desisting from
cutting out
heading off
warding off
blowing the whistle on
shutting off
putting a cork in
packing up
closing down
packing in
giving over
turning aside
defending against
holding off
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“The company decided to
put the brakes on
the expansion plan due to financial setbacks.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to cause to proceed or move at a slower pace
slowing
retarding
delaying
restricting
checking
detaining
hindering
curbing
handicapping
decelerating
impeding
restraining
stunting
tempering
curtailing
holding back
holding up
inhibiting
limiting
obstructing
reducing
setting back
slackening
stalling
abating
decreasing
diminishing
hampering
keeping back
lagging
lessening
miring
moderating
regulating
retardating
staying
choking
embogging
loitering
postponing
procrastinating
qualifying
quieting
reefing
interfering with
reining in
anchoring it
bogging down
cutting back
cutting down
keeping waiting
losing speed
losing steam
slowing down
winding down
hitting the brakes
letting down flaps
getting in the way of
slacking up
reducing speed
Verb
▲
Present participle for to reduce the rate or velocity of something
slowing
decelerating
braking
going slower
reducing speed
slacking off
retarding
slackening
slowing up
slowing down
easing up
slackening off
losing speed
losing pace
slacking up
hitting the brakes
slamming on the anchors
Verb
▲
Present participle for to reduce in extent or quantity
curtailing
reducing
cutting
decreasing
lessening
diminishing
shortening
trimming
truncating
abridging
abbreviating
shrinking
contracting
docking
clipping
slashing
curbing
downsizing
cropping
limiting
lopping
chopping
eliding
syncopating
retrenching
restraining
restricting
minifying
controlling
cramping
halting
inhibiting
cutting back
cutting down
paring down
cutting short
slimming down
boiling down
rolling back
reining in
tightening up
breaking off
holding back
reining back
putting a limit on
putting a restriction on
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