break back

  • 1break back — break (your) back informal to put a lot of effort into doing something. I m not going to break my back working for Ј120 a week! (often + doing something) …

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  • 2break back — intransitive verb 1. : to return usually abruptly to a former position or state 2. architecture : to return inward from a projection …

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  • 3break-back — …

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  • 4break — breakable, adj. breakableness, n. breakably, adv. breakless, adj. /brayk/, v., broke or (Archaic) brake; broken or (Archaic) broke; breaking; n. v.t …

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  • 5break — [c]/breɪk / (say brayk) verb (broke or, Archaic, brake, broken or, Archaic, broke, breaking) – …

  • 6Break Every Rule — Album par Tina Turner Sortie le 5 septembre 1986 Enregistrement 1986 Durée 50 min 13 s Genre Pop, rock …

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  • 7Break the Spell — Студийный аль …

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  • 8break — ► VERB (past broke; past part. broken) 1) separate into pieces as a result of a blow, shock, or strain. 2) make or become inoperative; stop working. 3) interrupt (a continuity, sequence, or course). 4) fail to observe (a law, regulation, or… …

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  • 9break the back of — 1. To overburden 2. To accomplish the hardest part of • • • Main Entry: ↑back * * * do the hardest part of (a task) we ve broken the back of the problem ■ overwhelm or defeat I thought we really had broken the back of inflation * * * break the… …

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  • 10Break — (br[=a]k), v. t. [imp. {broke} (br[=o]k), (Obs. {Brake}); p. p. {Broken} (br[=o] k n), (Obs. {Broke}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Breaking}.] [OE. breken, AS. brecan; akin to OS. brekan, D. breken, OHG. brehhan, G. brechen, Icel. braka to creak, Sw. braka …

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