break (redirected from giving a break)

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all hell breaks loose be make or break for someone/something Break a leg! break away (from someone/something) break your back break bread (with someone) break camp break down break down someone break down something break even break faith with something/someone break your fall break (new) ground break someone's heart break your heart break in break in something

break into something break loose break new ground break off (something) break open something break out break out something break ranks break the back of something not break the bank break the bank break the ice break the mold break the mould break the news break someone up break up with someone break wind

break with someone/something break with tradition break your word a clean break get an even break give someone a break give someone an even break give me a break Give me/us a break! (all) hell break loose (all) hell breaks loose make or break something make-or-break Sticks and stones may break my bones (but words will never hurt me). the straw that breaks the camel's back Why break the habit of a lifetime?