put the brakes on
brake
verb[ I ]
uk /breɪk/ us /breɪk/
B2
to make a vehicle go slower or stop, using its brake or brakes: 刹住；刹车
When it's icy, brake gently.路面有冰时要慢慢刹车。
He would drive very fast and brake hard/sharply at the last minute.他总是开得飞快，然后在最后一刻再猛地刹车。

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brake | American Dictionary

brake
noun[ C ]
us/breɪk/
a device that slows or stops the movement of a vehicle:
anti-lock brakes
He saw a deer crossing the road and hit/slammed on the brakes (= stopped as quickly as possible).

brake

verb[ I ]us/breɪk/
When it’s icy, you have to brake gently.

Examples of brake

brake
From a policymaking point of view, the braking effect is slight in either case.
The main simplifications are in replacing the braking pad with a beam, and in assuming that the wheel is rigid.
Crucially, we can't see the mass differential until both drivers simultaneously apply the brakes (analogous to extinction?) and the heavier truck takes longer to stop.
However, given the identical visual array, for the cyclist steering or braking are required.
His dad also checked the chain and the brakes to see if they worked.
Pulsed braking force arose as a result of the plastic deformation of the plates by the lower edge of the ampoule.
When she espies the two bodies on the road and applies her brakes, she discovers that they are suddenly inoperative.
You are alone on a trolley with no brakes.
Therefore, that solution consists of a periodic sequence of buoyancy pushes and buoyancy brakes.
Research on purely passive systems with no braking mechanism is still in an infantile stage.
The process has important applications in the automotive and aeronautical industries: car, plane or train braking systems, are the more prominent examples.
Examples are the application in clutches, brakes, relays, loudspeakers, printers and as solenoid valves for pneumatic and hydraulic systems.
Therefore, after formation of the shock wave, the heated area expands behind the shock wave and causes a negative pressure that brakes the shock wave.
Complex grabbing actions can be performed creating sound from braking and other sounding phenomena from the objects inside.
In many practical situations, however, the joints are not necessarily mounted with brakes.
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Collocations withbrake

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antilock brake
If the antilockbrake system has a broken wire or other fault, the brake system reverts to operating as a normal brake system.
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