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foot brake
noun
- a brake that is operated by pressure on a foot pedal, as in an automobile.
foot brake
noun
- a brake operated by applying pressure to a foot pedal Also calledpedal brake
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Example Sentences
But he had hardly got under full headway before he shut off the gasoline and got busy with the foot-brake.
Though the driver applied the foot brake with quick stabs, the car went into a disastrous skid.
When the stage showed signs of coming ahead too fast Cal shoved the foot brake forward, at once checking the impetus.
He had the foot-brake well down, and now he threw in the emergency as well.
Only it turned out to be the foot-brake after all, and we stopped dead, and skidded into a ditch.
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