break-neck

  • 41neck — See: BREATHE DOWN ONE S NECK, BREAK ONE S NECK, CATCH IT IN THE NECK or GET IT IN THE NECK, PAIN IN THE NECK, SAVE ONE S NECK, STICK ONE S NECK OUT …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 42neck — See: BREATHE DOWN ONE S NECK, BREAK ONE S NECK, CATCH IT IN THE NECK or GET IT IN THE NECK, PAIN IN THE NECK, SAVE ONE S NECK, STICK ONE S NECK OUT …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 43neck — See: breathe down one s neck, break one s neck, catch it in the neck or get it in the neck, pain in the neck, save one s neck, stick one s neck out …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 44break one's neck — {v. phr.}, {slang} To do all you possibly can; try your hardest. Usually used with a limiting adverb or negative. * /John nearly broke his neck trying not to be late to school./ * /Mother asked Mary to go to the store when she was free, but not… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 45break one's neck — {v. phr.}, {slang} To do all you possibly can; try your hardest. Usually used with a limiting adverb or negative. * /John nearly broke his neck trying not to be late to school./ * /Mother asked Mary to go to the store when she was free, but not… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 46break — {{11}}break (n.) c.1300, act of breaking, from BREAK (Cf. break) (v.). Sense of short interval between spells of work (originally between lessons at school) is from 1861. Meaning stroke of luck is attested by 1911, probably an image from… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 47break\ one's\ neck — v. phr. slang To do all you possibly can; try your hardest. Usually used with a limiting adverb or negative. John nearly broke his neck trying not to be late to school. Mother asked Mary to go to the store when she was free, but not to break her… …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 48break one's neck — phrasal : to strive to the utmost * * * 1) dislocate or seriously damage a vertebra or the spinal cord in one s neck 2) break one s neck to do something informal exert oneself to the utmost to achieve something …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 49break — Separation into parts. double strand b. a b. in double stranded DNA in which both strands have been cleaved; however, the two strands have not separated from each other. single strand b. a b. in double stranded DNA in which only one of the two… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 50break one's neck — inf idi break one s neck, Informal. to make a great effort …

    From formal English to slang