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To slam the brakes on something that was perfectly happy accelerating.
means To hold back, restrain, or prevent a process, action, or impulse from happening.
from From Latin inhibere, to hold in, from in- (in) plus habere (to hold) — literally keeping a grip on yourself.
Brain wiringInhibitory neurons keep your thoughts from going haywire.
ChemistryInhibitors deliberately slow reactions, the opposite of catalysts.
Legal cousinAn old writ once forbade courts from proceeding.