break one's chops en · VERB
Meanings
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(idiomatic, slang) To give someone a hard time, harass, nag one to do something, bother.
“And why don’t you stop breaking my chops, eh?”
1960, Lenny Bruce, 1:24 from the start, in The Palladium:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| breaking one's chops | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| breaks one's chops | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| broke one's chops | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| broken one's chops | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |