arrest, bring up short, clip the wings, curb bit, drag sail, halt, lose momentum, rein, shackle, stall, thicket
Definitionn. a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle
Last update: August 28, 2015
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My car brakes are not working properly. [Please select]
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The operator steers up until the point where the robot takes over, but retains control of the brake and accelerator pedals. [Please select]
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We were not going very fast at the time, and the heavy metal mud guard which caught the wheel, acting as a huge brake, saved us from a bad smash. [Please select]
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One of his feet was on the brake--an automatic contrivance that cut off the spark. [Please select]
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The brake is used only when running out the wire or string, first removing the crank. [Please select]
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Kevin Jones continues the brake van repairs at Darley Dale also. [Please select]
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"I doubt whether many of the Regular forces would have got through that brake half so well; certainly not without double gaiters." [Please select]
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The back was afforded by a grassy hillock, with a tuft or two of brake-fern throwing up their bronzy crockets among the sprayed russet of last year's pride. [Please select]
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There arrows of the bow he brake, The shield, the sword, the war. [Please select]
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After passing through Bayou Rouge Swamp, and just at sunset, turning from the highway, we struck off into the "Big Cane Brake." [Please select]
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On our arrival in the brake, Eldret promised me, if I worked well, I might go up to visit my friends at Ford's in four weeks. [Please select]
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