How to pronounce “put the brakes on” in English

So how did you put the brakes on a little bit so that you could find that clarity for yourself?

Can we put the brakes on?

let's say as there's a fever and there's an inflation and the central bank wants to try to put the brakes on that a bit.

Or perhaps, alternatively, it was something that put the brakes on the development of the modern economy-- not just in the South, but elsewhere.