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break outTo separate from a bundle.Rate it:
break outTo begin suddenly; to emerge in a certain condition.Rate it:
break outprison escapeRate it:
break out of your shellWhen someone is a little shy.Rate it:
break rankTo march or charge out of the designated order in a military unit.Rate it:
break ranksTo march or charge out of the designated order in a military unit.Rate it:
break ranksTo publicly disagree with one's own group or organization.Rate it:
break someone's heartTo cause a person to feel grief or sadness.Rate it:
break the back ofTo achieve the greater part of some project.Rate it:
break the bankTo exhaust one's financial resources.Rate it:
break the bankTo win more money than is available to be paid.Rate it:
break the bankTo buy something that costs to much.Rate it:
break the buckFall below the value of one dollar per share.Rate it:
break the cycleTo act so as to end a repeating pattern of harmful or otherwise negative behavior.Rate it:
break the deadlockTo score the first goal or point in a competitionRate it:
break the fourth wallTo apparently communicate with reality directly, such as when characters of literature comment on the existence of a reader.Rate it:
break the iceTo start to get to know people, by avoiding awkwardness.Rate it:
Break the IceTo overcome any awkward situation, to help strangers know each other, to overcome social communication difficulties all in a friendly manner, to overcome any sort of nervous situation between different peopleRate it:
break the InternetTo cause a connection to the Internet, or the Internet itself, to malfunction.Rate it:
break the InternetTo overwhelm a web server through organic user-driven demand, such that the server goes offline or is in danger of doing so.Rate it:
break the InternetTo deliberately overwhelm a web server through a cyberattack such as a DDOS, such that the server goes offline or is in danger of doing so.Rate it:
break the InternetTo do or say something ostentatious or controversial, such that the behavior causes a dramatic increase in traffic to a website or commentary on social media; to go viral.Rate it:
break the moldTo depart from a traditional pattern; to defy convention.Rate it:
break the moldTo make it impossible for an identical copy to be made.Rate it:
break the SabbathTo violate the holiness or sanctity of the Sabbath by not keeping it holy.Rate it:
break the sealWhen consuming alcohol, to urinate for the first time, which leads to needing to urinate more and more often.Rate it:
break throughUsed other than as an idiom: see break, through.Rate it:
break throughTo gain popularity.Rate it:
break throughTo penetrate the defence of the opposition.Rate it:
break upTo break or separate into pieces; to disintegrate or come apart.Rate it:
break upTo end a relationship.Rate it:
break upTo dissolve; to part.Rate it:
break upOf a telephone conversation, to cease to be understandable because of a bad connection.Rate it:
break upTo break or separate into pieces.Rate it:
break upTo stop a fight; to separate people who are fighting.Rate it:
break windTo flatulate; fart; to expel gases generated during digestion through the anus.Rate it:
break withUsed other than as an idiom: see break, with.Rate it:
break withTo cease having a positive connection with (a person, group, movement, etc).Rate it:
break withTo divulge one's secrets, thoughts or intentions, to discuss something with somebody.Rate it:
break your backto work extremely hardRate it:
breakfast of championsAn ironic appellation for beer, junk food, or other foods implied to be unhealthy.Rate it:
breaking and enteringThe crime of gaining unauthorized entry into another's property by force.Rate it:
breast upTo cut the face of on one side so as to lay bare the principal upright stems of the plants.Rate it:
breath of fresh airSomething relieving, refreshing, or new.Rate it:
breath of fresh airSomething new which is refreshing, invigorating or stimulating in a good senseRate it:
breathe a sigh of reliefto be relieved.Rate it:
breathe a wordto divulge a secret (usually used with a negative)Rate it:
breathe down someone's neckTo follow someone too closely, making it uncomfortable for them.Rate it:
breathe easyTo relax or feel secure about something.Rate it:
breathe inTo inhale.Rate it:

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