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Meanings of brakes in English

Catalan
sistema de frens

A braking device consisting of a combination of interacting parts that work to slow a motor vehicle.

sistema de frens
Usage of brakes in English
1
Business is hitting the brakes hard, BCC director general Adam Marshall said.
Reuters
2
I had a problem with the brakes, but it was my fault.
Reuters
3
I slammed on the brakes but it was too late, he said.
News.com.au
4
The driver put on his brakes suddenly: there was a road block.
The Third Man
5
England, however, applied the brakes with some disciplined bowling and tight fielding.
Radio NZ
6
Optional carbon composite brakes bring you down from speed quickly and efficiently.
Wired
7
Here was the cop-car; he could hear the squeal of its brakes.
IT
8
Sienna immediately swerved hard to her right and slammed on the brakes.
Inferno
9
Safe too, with dual front airbags, electronic stability control and ABS brakes.
The South African
10
Is it best to slam on the brakes, turn, or start weaving?
Wired
11
The birds flirted up and down the hawthorn bushes and furze brakes.
The Far Horizon
12
I'll tell you right now I hit them brakes with both feet.
No country for old men
13
Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis ultimately pulled the brakes on the billion-dollar… Audio
Radio NZ
14
With a squealing of brakes the machine drew up at the frontier.
Long Live the King!
15
I no longer fought my instinctive reaction to slam on the brakes.
Too close to home
16
New Zealand First has put the brakes on Labour and… Video, Audio
Radio NZ
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Translations for brakes
Brakes through the time
Brakes across language varieties
Australia
Common
South Africa
Common
New Zealand
Common
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