break someone's back en · VERB
Meanings
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(alt-of, alternative, idiomatic) Alternative form of break the back of (overburden).
alt of break the back of
My books are sitting at the top of the stack now The longer words are really breaking my back now.
2003, Jack White, “Black Math”, in Elephant, performed by The White Stripes:Would it break your back to pay me a compliment once in a while?
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(idiomatic) Synonym of blow someone's back out.
Fuck all those nights I moaned real loud / Fuck it, I faked it, aren't you proud? / Fuck all those nights you thought you broke my back / Well, guess what yo, your sex was wack
2004 March 15, Mark Passy, Kirk Robinson, Jennifer Graziano, Frankee, Eamon, “F.U.R.B. (Fuck You Right Back)” (track 11), in The Good, the Bad, the Ugly, performed by Frankee:
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see break, back.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| breaks someone's back | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| broke someone's back | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| breaking someone's back | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| broken someone's back | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Relateds
back-breaking · break one's back