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big breaks

big breaks is the plural of big break.

Meaning of big break

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

Questions about big breaks

What is big breaks the plural of?
Big breaks is the plural of big break.

Words near big breaks in the dictionary

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

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