сбавить скорость(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)
