handbrake

/ ˈhændˌbreɪk /

noun

1. a brake operated by a hand lever

2. the lever that operates the handbrake

Example Sentences

Tom Gayle: The time feels right for Fulham to release the handbrake from underneath Josh King.

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A van rolled down a hill and crashed through a railway level crossing barrier after a pet dog chewed through the handbrake cable, according to its owner.

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Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper said: "Trying to boost growth without fixing our trading relationship with Europe is like driving with the handbrake on."

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The Liberal Democrat's Treasury spokeswoman Daisy Cooper said Reeves had "put the handbrake on the economy with her misguided jobs tax" - a reference to the rise to the National Insurance paid by businesses.

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"Everybody seems to have put the handbrake on," he said.

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