put on brakes

Example Sentences

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Moving eastward, far away in the frigid night, it seemed suddenly to put on brakes.

From Long Ago, Far Away by Leinster, Murray

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

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

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

“It’s against my principles to put on brakes when I’m going up a hill.”

From The Radio Boys at Mountain Pass The Midnight Call for Assistance by Chapman, Allen

“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