put on brakes

Example Sentences

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I could not put on brakes quickly enough and skidded almost into him.

From A Mountain Boyhood by Comstock, Enos B. (Enos Benjamin)

The engineer had seen the obstruction on the tracks and had put on brakes, in a vain endeavor to stop the express.

From The Rover Boys in New York Or, Saving their father's honor by Stratemeyer, Edward

“If the old feller don’t put on brakes pretty soon the harpoon’ll git so hot it’ll melt the blubber and pull out,” chuckled the stroke-oar.

From Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers by Foster, W. Bertram

The driver shut off steam and put on brakes, the Toad got down on the step, and as the train slowed down to almost a walking pace he heard the driver call out, 'Now, jump!'

From The Wind in the Willows by Grahame, Kenneth

The Pajaro put on brakes a mile off shore.

From Whirligigs by Henry, O.