Usually means: Abruptly stop by applying brakes.
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  1. jam on the brakes: Merriam-Webster
  2. jam on the brakes: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. jam on the brakes: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. jam on the brakes: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  5. jam on the brakes: Wiktionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Jam on the brakes)

verb:  Alternative form of slam on the brakes [(idiomatic, transitive) To press down hard on the brakes of a vehicle in order to make it stop suddenly.]

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