CRUSH

General usage. A forcible entry or exit. Also as verb. CUT TO THE BRAKES BREAKS , Verb Current amongst gamblers and ready-money grafters. Reducing action to its lowest terms; displaying only the e ential. Example: “The mark stalled to the can, gunned his soft and cut to the breaks,” i. e., “The victim retired to the lavatory, inspected his bank-roll and separated the amount required to finance the intended operation.”