"It would have been so easy for him to have the kids rolling on the floor, doubled up with laughter. So he had to put the brakes on at times."
"[T]he fight I saw that day made the others look like a young ladies' quadrille. . . . [Y]ou could no more separate them two than you could put the brakes on a blame earthquake."
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Nearby phrases
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put someone in their placeput someone in their placeput someone underput someone's back upput someone's lights output something behind oneput something into perspectiveput sth on the mapput that in your pipe and smoke itput that in your pipe and smoke it!put the bee onput the bee onput the boot input the boot input the bottom rail on topput the cart before the horsePut the Cart before the Horseput the cat among the pigeonsput the cat among the pigeonsput the cat among the pigeonsput the clock backput the clock forwardput the fear of God intoput the fear of God intoput the fear of God intoput the feedbag onput the hammer downput the kibosh onput the moves onput the pedal to the metal
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