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Meanings of put a brake in English

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Usage of put a brake in English
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But at best they put a brake on the growth in inequality.
The Guardian
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This can definitely put a brake on the creation of new joint ventures.
Reuters
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The Christmas holidays put a brake to trading on the Frankfurtbourse.
The Irish Times
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Religion, morality put a brake on a nature's strength; they cannot destroy it.
Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary
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I wanted to put a brake on you, to make you go slow.
Big Timber: A Story of the Northwest
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Did that put a brake on over spending before the crash?
The Guardian
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The losses undermined banks' confidence to lend to each other and put a brake on credit markets.
Reuters
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We need to put a brake on the spread of the virus, President Emmanuel Macron told reporters.
News.com.au
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And now he's singing the song Japanese-style unless we put a brake on it for a second.
Life
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The lower forecast confirmed expectations that the global economic crises will put a brake on expansion in Spain.
The Irish Times
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That there was no robust evidence to support such sweeping claims hardly put a brake on their efforts.
The Guardian
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And the death-rate on our roads seems almost to mock all attempts to put a brake on it.
The Irish Times
13
But Opposition parties do not believe the Budget will do anything to put a brake on fast-rising house prices.
Radio NZ
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Though companies complained that skills shortages were becoming a bigger problem and could soon put a brake on growth.
The Guardian
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Bas Eickhout, a European Parliament lawmaker from the Green Party, said the carmakers' actions put a brake on innovation.
Reuters
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But the sluggish global economy has put a brake on spending by Singaporeans, especially workers in hard-hit export sectors.
Reuters
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
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