What does brake check mean?

brake check

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.93 in modern English

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Informal; Intransitive verb; Transitive verb

"The CHP said it’s seeing an increase in reports of people being more aggressive on the road. “If somebody honks, they’ll honk back. If somebody cuts them off, they will brake check and they will go back and forth,” said Officer Ceja."

brake checks (present, singular) brake checking (participle, present) brake checked (participle, past) brake checked (past) brake-check (alternative)

brake test

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