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break it down en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (US, slang) To dance, especially in a hip hop style.
    • […] Renee Victor breaking it down on the dance floor beneath a hanging decoration that looked like a bunch of enormous joints. 2006, “The Hollywood reporter, Volume 395”, in Hollywood Reporter Inc., page 16:
    • Actually, the stain wasn't even very noticeable while we were breaking it down on the dance floor. 2010, Christine Mills, Mahler Mills Christy Mahler Mills, No Regrets, iUniverse, p. 119

Forms

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breaking it down Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
broke it down Tense=Past lexicographic
breaks it down Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
broken it down Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic