Synonyms for brakes
brakes

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1. brake system, brakesnoun

   a braking device consisting of a combination of interacting parts that work to slow a motor vehicle

   Synonyms:
   brake system

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1. List of paraphrases for "brakes":

   brake, braking, checks, rollover, rolling, rotation, churn

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1. Steve Maraboli:

   A lack of clarity could put the brakes on any journey to success."

2. Freddie Gray:

   They would slam on their brakes like every thousand feet, and to make sure that we slammed into something in the back.

3. John Cornyn:

   I've been disappointed that Sen. Schumer has seen fit to try to force us to vote on a bill that does not exist in its entirety, but I hope we can now pump the brakes a little bit and take the time and care to evaluate the benefits and the cost of this legislation.

4. Desionne Franklin:

   The steering wheel was shaking and we could feel boulders and rocks underneath us, the brakes didn’t work. My girlfriend was screaming ‘go go go.'.

5. Raymond Chandler:

   Common sense always speaks too late. Common sense is the guy who tells you ought to have had your brakes relined last week before you smashed a front end this week. Common sense is the Monday morning quarterback who could have won the ball game if he had been on the team. But he never is. He's high up in the stands with a flask on his hip. Common sense is the little man in a gray suit who never makes a mistake in addition. But it's always somebody else's money he's adding up.