Break-someone-up
see under break up , def. 5.
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- Break-someone-s-balls
break someone’s balls To give someone a hard time, esp nagging or overwhelming them: She takes every opportunity to break his balls To overwork or be overworked: breaking my balls to finish this in seven weeks To verbally assault someone; harass: I love it here. I can work hung over and nobody busts my chops/ […]
- Break-someone-s-brains
break someone’s brains
- Break-someone-s-chops
break someone’s chops To verbally assault someone; harass: I love it here. I can work hung over and nobody busts my chops/ Well, she turned absolutely livid, and ever since she’s been busting my chops BUST one’s ASS (1970s+)
- Break-someone-s-heart
to smash, split, or divide into parts violently; reduce to pieces or fragments: He broke a vase. to infringe, ignore, or act contrary to (a law, rule, promise, etc.): She broke her promise. to dissolve or annul (often followed by off): to break off friendly relations with another country. to fracture a bone of (some […]
- Break-someone-s-serve
In tennis and related sports, win a game served by one’s opponent, as in The only way he’ll win the match is to break Bill’s serve. The use of serve, from the earlier service, meaning “starting play” in these sports, dates from the early 1600s.