Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

put on the brakes

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.89 in modern English

Syllables
put on the brakes
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
1
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of put the brakes on.

Inflected Forms

puts on the brakes (present, singular) putting on the brakes (participle, present)

Questions

What does put on the brakes mean?
Alternative form of put the brakes on.

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