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brake checked

brake checked is the simple past and past participle of brake check.

Meaning of brake check

Verb

brake check (third-person singular simple present brake checks, present participle brake checking, simple past and past participle brake checked)

  1. (informal, intransitive, transitive) To deliberately brake in an unexpected place to hinder or startle the driver behind.
    • The CHP said it’s seeing an increase in reports of people being more aggressive on the road. “If somebody honks, they’ll honk back. If somebody cuts them off, they will brake check and they will go back and forth,” said Officer Ceja.2020, Renée Santos, “Caught On Camera: Driver ‘Brake Checks’ Vehicle, Causing Driver To Lose Control On Highway 50”, in CBS Sacramento
    Synonyms:
    brake test

Questions about brake checked

What is brake checked the simple past and past participle of?
Brake checked is the simple past and past participle of brake check.

Words near brake checked in the dictionary

  1. brake bias
  2. brake biases
  3. brake block
  4. brake blocks
  5. brake check
  6. brake checked
  7. brake checking
  8. brake checks
  9. brake disc
  10. brake discs
  11. brake disk

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