release the handbrake
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English
Verb
release the handbrake (third-person singular simple present releases the handbrake, present participle releasing the handbrake, simple past and past participle released the handbrake)
- (figurative) To let go; to stop an internally imposed restraint.
- 2020 October 14, Phil McNulty, “England 0-1 Denmark: 'Harry Maguire looked devoid of confidence in Nations League loss'”, in BBC Sport[1]:
- As the game went on, Southgate still seemed very reluctant to release the handbrake, even taking the fact England were down to 10 men into account.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see release, handbrake.