put on brakes

Example Sentences

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“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

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

From Long Ago, Far Away by Leinster, Murray

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 Pajaro put on brakes a mile off shore.

From Whirligigs by Henry, O.

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