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big break

big break noun: a breakthrough, especially the first big hit of a previously unknown performer or performers in the entertainment industry.

Noun

big break (plural big breaks)

  1. (idiomatic) A breakthrough, especially the first big hit of a previously unknown performer or performers in the entertainment industry.
    • The East London Line gained a connection to the Jubilee Line Extension when a new station was added at Canada Water in 1999, but its big break came in 2010, when it was incorporated into the London Overground, a network that rehabilitates some dowdy and obscure suburban lines (most particularly the...2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 93

big break meaning in Bengali

big break in Bengali

একটি সাফল্য

Forms of big break

pluralbig breaks

Questions about big break

What does big break mean?
Big break means a breakthrough, especially the first big hit of a previously unknown performer or performers in the entertainment industry.
What is big break in Bengali?
Big break in Bengali is একটি সাফল্য. See Big break meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is big break?
Big break is a noun.
What is the plural of big break?
The plural of big break is big breaks.

Words near big break in the dictionary

  1. big boy britches
  2. big boy pants
  3. big boys
  4. big brain
  5. Big Brake
  6. big break
  7. big breaks
  8. big bro
  9. big brother
  10. Big Brotherish
  11. big brotherism

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