English Vocabulary

Common Idioms and Phrases with Break

Break away – run away, escape

The horse broke away from the stable.

Break down – fail to work, go wrong; prove to be wrong.

The machine broke down.

Break down – be overcome by emotion

She broke down in the middle of her speech.

Break into – get into by force

The police broke into the building to capture the thieves.

Break in – train

We need a trainer to break our pony in.

Break off – stop abruptly, as in talking

He broke off in the middle of his speech.

Break out – appear suddenly

Plague has broken out in the city.

Break up – (of a meeting, school term etc.) end

The meeting broke up at 10 pm.

Break up – disperse

The police used tear gas to break up the mob.

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