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break one's back en · VERB
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(alt-of, alternative, idiomatic) Alternative form of break the back of (overburden), when applied to oneself.
They're talkin' bout the night Santa went crazy
The night St. Nicholas flipped
Broke his back for some milk and cookies
Sounds to me like he was tired of gettin' gypped
1996, "Weird Al" Yankovic, “The Night Santa Went Crazy”, in Bad Hair Day:See, it's not that I'm a disagreeable person. I just have a motto that I won't break. If I'm asked to do something, I'll break my back to see that it's done.
2008, Stuart Smith, The Mad Ramblings of a Monkey: The Nefarious Project, page 17:
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see break, back.
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break someone's back