break someone

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More idioms and phrases containing break someone

• break one

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Example Sentences

“I don’t think this is going to make or break someone’s decision to cruise or not,” said Northcoast Research analyst Drew May.

From MarketWatch

It was perplexing: Five hundred people had reportedly attended an earlier stop in Fayetteville, Ark. “Is it spring break?” someone asked.

From Washington Post

Carl Chegwin, whose mother also received the text, said he was left upset by the out-of-the-blue message which "was enough to break someone".

From BBC

And few targets are more deserving of such a direct hit than Britain's tabloid press, one of the few institutions nearly equal in capability to make or break someone's life.

From Salon

“The hair trailer is the first stop, so it can really make or break someone’s day,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times