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

The Pajaro put on brakes a mile off shore.

From Whirligigs by Henry, O.

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

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

Soon they were going uphill again, and the boys did not have to "put on brakes."

From The Curlytops and Their Playmates or Jolly Times Through the Holidays by Greene, Julia

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