give a break

1. see give someone a break.

Example Sentences

“If the foreign force comes in, it will give a break to the little people like me to have a life and continue fighting for a better future,” he said.

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As Aziz Huq notes, Donald Trump is getting treated infinitely better than most criminal defendants before the court, which doesn’t give a break even to those who are actually innocent of the crimes of which they are accused.

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American will give a break to customers whose bags are slightly overweight or oversized.

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The federal financial aid formula used to give a break to families with two or more children in college at a time.

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At one point, also, the Chilean sea bass, suddenly it was so popular, it was endangered, and we had to give a break to the fish.

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