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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) | |||
| change down a gear (Ремедиос_П); drop a gear (Ремедиос_П); shift down a gear (Ремедиос_П) | |||
| 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) | |||
| lessen speed; take one's foot off the gas; lose velocity; slow down | |||
| kick down | |||
| сбавить скорость: 7 phrases in 3 subjects |
| General | 2 |
| Makarov | 4 |
| Proper and figurative | 1 |