Spot for a bicycle brake, often Crossword Clue

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Spot for a bicycle brake, often Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. touch, lift, or hold with the hands
2. handle effectively
(noun)
1. the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

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
BICYCLE (verb)
1. ride a bicycle
BICYCLE (noun)
1. a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals

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