• to pull oneself up, to pull up
• to put a check on production
• to arrest, to pull the brake, to slack up
• to bridle, to control, to cow, to curb, to keep under, to master, to rein, to rein up, to restrain, to subdue, to tame
• to act as a check on sg, to put a check on sg
• brakeman, brakemen, brakesman, brakesmen
• to pull up, to pull up short, to snub