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Meaning of break someone's back | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. Synonym of blow someone's back out.
    idiomatic
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see break, back.

Examples

“Would it break⟳ your back to pay⟳ me a compliment once in a while?”
“My books are sitting at the top of the stack now The longer words are really breaking my back now.”
“Fuck all those nights I moaned real loud / Fuck it, I faked it, aren't you proud? / Fuck all those nights you thought you broke my back / Well, guess⟳ what yo, your sex was wack”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

break someone's balls break someone's face break someone's heart break squelch break stride break the back of

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