break one
IdiomsExample Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
“It’s like breeding racehorses,” said Ron Wallace, the first grower to break one ton in 2012.
And it would also break one of the fundamentals of Law Five that applies at all levels, with or without VAR, which says a referee cannot change a restart decision if he realises it's incorrect after play has restarted.
From BBC
“Don’t you guys take a break?” one reporter asked an agent.
From Slate
On Tuesday, Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson closed down Congress for summer break one day early, stalling legislative efforts to force the release of documents related to Epstein.
From BBC
There was still nothing to separate them at the break - one that seemed to benefit both players as the standard sky-rocketed after the resumption.
From BBC
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.