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)

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

From Long Ago, Far Away by Leinster, Murray

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

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 Bransom, Paul

“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