put on brakes

Example Sentences

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“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

Indeed, on March 3 it was found necessary to put on brakes, by issuing an order that no more new schools should be opened for the present.

From The History of Cuba, vol. 4 by Johnson, Willis Fletcher

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

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

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

At the height of the evening's flight there were sometimes fifty herons in sight at once, beating steadily onward until almost overhead, when they put on brakes and dropped.

From Edge of the Jungle by Beebe, William