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slam on

v. apply carelessly; "slap some paint onto the wall" [syn: slap on, clap on]

Usage examples of "slam on".

But the hitchhiker, as if afraid he was going to get away, darted into the narrow road right in front of his convertible, so that he had to slam on the brakes and curse violently to stop before hitting her.

One cut the screen, the second told the pilot to slam on the repulser brakes and the third brought Waldron into the narrow compartment.

While she was still kissing him, there was a rude slam on the door, as though someone walking past had idly banged a fist against the panel.

In the heavy rain, streambeds present themselves quickly and dramatically and we slam on the brakes to avoid going head over heels into the raging ravines.

The air rushed down the access tunnel in hurricane force, spinning the orc across the room to slam on the far wall.

Pikel looked mournfully at the tree he had felled, his pause for sorrowful contemplations costing him yet another ringing slam on his pot helmet.

If he heard her coming or glanced at the rearview mirror and spotted her, he could wrench the steering wheel or slam on the brakes, sending her sprawling.