Accelerator or brake Crossword Clue

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Accelerator or brake Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a lever that is operated with the foot
2. a sustained bass note
(verb)
1. ride a bicycle
2. operate the pedals on a keyboard instrument

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

ACCELERATOR (noun)
1. (chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected
2. a pedal that controls the throttle valve
BRAKE (noun)
1. large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
2. an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant
BRAKE (verb)
1. cause to stop by applying the brakes
2. stop travelling by applying a brake

Hint 3: Anagram

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