0 past simple and past participle of brake --
1 to make a vehicle go slower or stop, using its brake or brakes: --
Wage and salary settlements have been much lower in the past year and the rate of inflation has been braked back.
Take the case of a bus which is braked suddenly on a wet road and skids into the wall of a dwelling-house, knocking it down.
He braked hard and veered into the verge.
I braked and managed to avoid colliding with the rear of the horse float.
It was coming too fast and the driver braked suddenly so that he was unable to control the vehicle.
During the past three years economic growth has been strongly braked back.
But that was only possible as a result of investment in continuously braked trains.
Investment has been braked back with each stop.
