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the breaks
Idioms and Phrases
Pieces of luck, turns of events, as in No matter how well he pitches, the team always makes fielding errors鈥攖hat's the breaks, I guess , or There's not much you can do if the breaks are against you . In the singular and modified forms, this term becomes good or bad or lucky break . In the plural form, only the context determines its favorable or unfavorable meaning. [ Slang ; early 1900s] Also see tough break .Example Sentences
"I was just happy to make the breaks at the important times, no matter what they were. It was just about digging in and putting him under pressure."
When Boulter connected, her power was too much for Lamens, but she could not consistently find her range, despite briefly threatening a comeback after rescuing one of the breaks in the opening set.
Asman, meanwhile, tried to make a case that Trump had intentionally brought things to the edge before expertly pulling the breaks.
In Hall鈥檚 opinion, this majority coalition is the sort of force that can put the breaks on the GOP鈥檚 budget plan, especially if advocates are able to effectively communicate how 鈥淭he ripple effects of Medicaid being cut or Medicaid expansion being repealed will extend way beyond the people who actually are enrolled in the program.鈥
"It was a weird match with all the breaks and everything, but I wanted to be composed and really focused and I'm glad that I did that," Swiatek said.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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