handbrake
Britishnoun
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a brake operated by a hand lever
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the lever that operates the handbrake
Example Sentences
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Playing on the title, it opens with a big gospel organ and a massed chorus, before a handbrake turn into lip-smacking rap.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
She said his story changed and he claimed Kimberley was in the car and pulled the handbrake, causing it to crash.
From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026
It is a handbrake turn after Baby Reindeer, but Gunning says the script was "beautiful" and she wanted to be involved "in the special charity".
From BBC • Dec. 23, 2025
The inquest heard it was not possible to know whether the campervan's handbrake had been left off before it rolled down the steep incline.
From BBC • Nov. 11, 2025
I reached between the seats and jerked up the handbrake, but it only slowed the car when we needed to have stopped dead fifty feet back.
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
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