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break
(redirected from breaking wind)

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*break
a chance; another chance or a second chance. (*Typically: get ~; have ~; give someone ~.) I'm sorry. Please don't send me to the principal's office. Give me a break! I got a nice break. They didn't send me to prison.

break (up) (into something)

to divide into smaller parts. The glass broke up into a thousand pieces. It hit the floor and broke up, flinging bits everywhere.

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all hell breaks loose
an even break
at the crack of dawn
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Break a leg!
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Give me a break!
Hard words break no bones
have calluses from patting own back
hell breaks loose
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make or break
Sticks and stones may break my bones
sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me
take a break
the straw that breaks the camel's back
tough break
Why break the habit of a lifetime?


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While the Robosapien doesn't speak any language, Tilden and his team of engineers endowed it with noises such as breaking wind, belching and grunting in an attempt to make it span language barriers and appeal to kids and adults alike.
Gently pull up on the front triangle by trying to stop an imaginary flow of urine, and find the back triangle by gently pulling up on the muscles that stop you from breaking wind.
Bialystock is a cartoonish, roly-poly, middle-aged vulgarian who gets the dough to mount his crummy shows (like The Breaking Wind and a musical based on Hamlet called Funny Boy) by porking rich little old ladies, whom he distinguishes by nicknames such as "Hold-me-Touch-me" and "Yank-me-Spank-me.
 
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