hit the buffers

Verb

Meaning

hit the buffers (third-person singular simple present hits the buffers, present participle hitting the buffers, simple past and past participle hit the buffers)

(idiomatic) To stop suddenly and unexpectedly.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Close letter words and terms

hit the brakes hit the break-even point hit the bricks hit the bull's-eye hit the button hit the ceiling