Examples of 'put a brake' in a sentence

Meaning of "put a brake"

put a brake: Means to take action to slow down or stop a process or activity, often used metaphorically

How to use "put a brake" in a sentence

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I put a brake to my mouth and became mute.
But the people put a brake to their plans.
Popular refusal to ratify it in the member states would put a brake on this attempt.
This can put a brake on their growth.
Still it is very hard to put a brake on.
It should not put a brake on necessary technological developments.
If only the music teacher doesnt put a brake in between.
I put a brake on my career.
Failure to respond to this objective would put a brake on economic growth.
They have put a brake on new partnerships and called for a review of the existing partnerships.
The rising cost of energy has put a brake on world economic growth.
I put a brake on my bike and I use it.
The first is a decision rule that attempts to put a brake on government spending.
We put a brake on our vision, our projects.
National authorities are given the power to intervene to put a brake on abnormal growth.

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Are elements which put a brake on relations between countries.
And I can not predict whether all this will put a brake on the empire.
I thought I could put a brake to this storm of Revolution.
Does the increasing scarcity of energy resources or climate policy put a brake on growth?
Such a tax would truly put a brake on the concentration of wealth.
Becker's insight was to recognize that deadweight losses put a brake on predation.
Someone has to put a brake to him sometime soon!
Better still… the political situation does not seem to have put a brake on transactions.
That will put a brake on synthetics, particularly as oil reserves are running out.
They are charged with doing nothing to put a brake on the enormous increase in costs.
Now put a brake on your emotions and let him take the driver 's seat.
Such measures could penalise certain careers or put a brake on the employment of young women.
Lack of risk capital put a brake on the development of new technologies, including biotechnology.
We should never forget that government deficits put a brake on investment and destroy jobs.
Put a brake on toxic relationships, which gnaw at you from within and bring us nothing.
The advent of fundamental rights and judicial supremacy put a brake into the majority impulse.
All right, let us put a brake on that wagon right here and now.
The Representative said he will put a brake on spending.
The Law put a brake on man 's excessive eagerness to multiply wealth by working overtime.
The suspension of development aid also put a brake on job-creating investment.
I thought I could put a brake to this storm of Revolution . I thought it advisable, and I still do.
The balance of payments crisis emerged, forcing the government to put a brake on the economy.
Decisive action can still put a brake on the alarming losses we are witnessing . ”.
Yes my dear . If only the music teacher does not put a brake in between.
To those whose fatherly worries put a brake on our endeavours here, my advice is, relax.
Other interest groups, in the liberal professions, for example, can also put a brake on adjustment.
Fortunately, the protests put a brake on that bright antiEuropean Belgian proposal.
As the President has recalled, ecology must not put a brake on the economy.
They have put a brake on NATO 's enlargement, which is responsible for Russia 's perception of encirclement.
Unfortunately, external events beyond its control could put a brake on its new-found dynamism.
I turn off the lights and put a brake on . Everything happens now quickly.
But the arrival of Leonardo has, for the moment, put a brake on negotiations.
The global market meltdown in 2008 clearly put a brake on the exuberance of African financial markets.
Does crossing a regional border in Belgium put a brake on these economic flows?
Similarly, national alliances may put a brake on the functioning of an EWC.

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