hand_brake has definitions from the field of transportation
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[ noun ] (transportation) a brake operated by hand; usually operates by mechanical linkage

Used in print

(Dolores Hitchens, Footsteps in the Night....)

Even as the conviction of truth roared through him , shattering his last hope of safety , he was reaching to release the hand_brake , to head up the road for home , doing her bidding .

Related terms

brake

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