break
/bɹeɪk/ noun A2- A section of extended repetition of the percussion break to a song, created by a hip-hop DJ as rhythmic dance music.
Plural breaks
Phrasal verbs and expressions
- break apart To dismantle something into its base components.
- break away To leave suddenly.
- break back To win a game having lost a service game, or during a tie...
- break down To stop functioning.
- break in To enter a place by force or illicit means.
- break into To enter illegally or by force, especially in order to co...
- break off To remove a piece from a whole by breaking or snapping.
- break on To humiliate (someone); to scold or demean (someone) in p...
- break out To escape, especially forcefully or defiantly.
- break through To gain popularity.
- break up To break or separate into pieces.
From the library
I break down the wall.”
And I know another case where an adopted boy used to suck the eggs--they couldn’t break him of it.
You see the whole thing is a chain of logical sequences without a break or flaw.”
Shall break on hill and plain,
Other matches
- break To separate into two or more pieces, to fractur... A1
- break To B-boy C2
- break An instance of breaking something into two or m... C2
- break apart To dismantle something into its base components.
- break away To leave suddenly.
- break back To win a game having lost a service game, or du...
- break down To stop functioning.
- break in To enter a place by force or illicit means.
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