tap the brakes(автомобиля: "Whoa! That SUV didn't even tap the brakes!"; в переносном смысле означает: "не будем торопиться в нашей беседе", "let's slow down here for a moment": "Let's tap the brakes here for a moment and try to remember what you did on the evening of May 29, between 7 and 9?"ART Vancouver)
take foot off the gas(to do something with less effort and determination:: Usually we take our foot off the gas if we're comfortably ahead. • Employees tend to wind down on Fridays if there aren't pressing deadlines – people take their foot off the gas.cambridge.org)
tap the brakes(автомобиля; в переносном смысле означает: "не будем торопиться в нашей беседе", "let's slow down here for a moment": "Let's tap the brakes here for a moment and try to remember what you did on the evening of May 29, between 7 and 9?" ART Vancouver)
