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break the bank

To buy something that costs to much.
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To buy that dress I had to Break the bank but it was worth it!

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Submitted by JP03 on October 29, 2014

Additional definitions for 'break the bank':

break the bankTo exhaust one's financial resources.
break the bankTo win more money than is available to be paid.
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