Crossword Clue: Put the brakes on
If you're looking for all of the crossword answers for the clue "Put the brakes on" then you're in the right place. We found 3 answers for this crossword clue.
If you are stuck trying to answer the crossword clue "Put the brakes on", and really can't figure it out, then take a look at the answers below to see if they fit the puzzle you're working on.
Matching Crossword Puzzle Answers for "Put the brakes on"
Below is the complete list of answers we found in our database for Put the brakes on:
Possibly related crossword clues for "Put the brakes on"
Based on the answers listed above, we also found some clues that are possibly similar or related to Put the brakes on:
- Be a disincentive to
- Be an obstacle to
- A way to discourage
- Act as a disincentive to
- Arrest
- Attempt to prevent
- Advise against
- Block or dissuade
- Block the path of
- Block
- Hinder the progress of
- Hinder
- Cause to have second thoughts
- Cause to think twice
- Daunt
- Intimidate
- Hold back
- Hold off
- Hold up
- Frighten (from)
- Frighten off
- Frustrate
- Fend off
- Check from an act
- Check
- Construct a roadblock
- Chill
- Hamper
- Hardly encourage
- Engage in discouragement
- Discourage from acting
- Discourage from proceeding
- Discourage (from)
- Discourage through fear.
- Discourage
- Get in the way of
- Dissuade by threat, maybe
- Dissuade from acting
- Dissuade
- Give pause to
- Impede the progress of
- Impede
- Help prevent
- Forestall
- Inhibit
- Keep (from)
- Keep from
- Keep (from doing)
- Keep from happening
- Stop by threats
- Stop from doing
- Stop, perhaps
- Stop
- Put a damper on
- Put off
- Put the brakes on
- Nip in the bud
- Prevent from acting
- Prevent from doing something
- Prevent from doing
- Prevent from proceeding
- Prevent from progressing
- Prevent or discourage
- Prevent through intimidation
- Prevent via intimidation
- Prevent
- Restrain from acting
- Restrain through intimidation
- Restrain
- Make think twice
- Ward off
- Try to prevent
- Try to stop
- Sidetrack
- Turn aside
- Word from the Latin for "frighten"
- Scare off
- Talk out of
- Stand in the way of
- Thwart
- Stave off
- Steer away
- Steer in a different direction
Recent Usage of Put the brakes on in Crossword Puzzles
We track a lot of different crossword puzzle providers to see where clues like "Put the brakes on" have been used in the past.
Here are all of the places we know of that have used Put the brakes on in their crossword puzzles recently:
- LA Times - Oct. 11, 2018
- Newsday - July 8, 2017
- Pat Sajak Code Letter - July 4, 2012
- USA Today - June 23, 2010
