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by Crumb Eye on September 28th, 2005

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What is the proper word to use to describe braking a car in the past tense?

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  • by Jodie44 on October 21st, 2005

    Jodie44

    Braked.

    "I saw those gigantic hula hoops bouncing and rolling into the street. I braked hard,swerved, and then fainted."

    You could always use a different verb to make your point: “I slammed on my brakes." or, "I hit the brakes." What else works? Broke? Only if you stomp on the brakes so hard that they... malfunction. "Yikes! I broke my brakes."

    Hope this helps.

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  • by Glenn on September 18th, 2009

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    Braked. Brake, the verb having to do with stopping, for example, a car, is a regular verb, meaning it has all its usual endings.
    Break, to separate into parts, is irregular, of course, in the simple past tense and the past participle. (Break, broke, broken, breaking, breaks = its whole verbal family.)

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  • by IamStone on November 2nd, 2009

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    to retard the forward motion of your vehicle...

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  • by Normal guy on September 18th, 2009

    Normal guy

    Broke. You broke it.

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