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emergency brake
noun
- Also called parking brake. a special brake used to prevent a motor vehicle from rolling after it has stopped or been parked. Compare brake 1( def 1 ).
- any brake meant to stop a vehicle in an emergency.
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Origin of emergency brake1
Example Sentences
Doncic’s 45 points came from the wild array of skills he possesses — deep threes, drives where he pulled the emergency brake for a pull-up jumper and trips to the line thanks to his physicality.
U.N. climate leaders say slashing them is a vital “emergency brake†that will help curb the extreme weather already seen across the world today.
Scottish Finance Secretary Shona Robison ordered the emergency brake on spending in a letter to cabinet colleagues earlier this week.
His firm makes magnets that are used in all kinds of systems - from cochlear implants, to emergency brakes on rollercoasters, including at Alton Towers.
“And things continued to kind of tick off the list. And then I kind of hit the emergency brake.â€
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