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break one's ass

break one's ass verb: to make a great effort; to bust one's ass.

Verb

break one's ass (third-person singular simple present breaks one's ass, present participle breaking one's ass, simple past broke one's ass, past participle broken one's ass)

  1. To make a great effort; to bust one's ass.
    • There are no groups as far as I can tell for gay prisoners with AIDS to talk to. The free world groups such as the Guild Aids Network and the various AIDS Action Committees won't do anything for prisoners. If you are a queen in the free world they will break their ass to help you.1986 August 9, Ed Bubbenmoyer, “Prisoners With AIDS Just Have Each Other”, in Gay Community News, page 4

Forms of break one's ass

third-person singular presentbreaks one's ass
present participlebreaking one's ass
pastbroke one's ass
past participlebroken one's ass

Questions about break one's ass

What does break one's ass mean?
Break one's ass means to make a great effort; to bust one's ass.
What part of speech is break one's ass?
Break one's ass is a verb.
What is the past tense of break one's ass?
The past tense of break one's ass is broke one's ass.

Words near break one's ass in the dictionary

  1. break off
  2. break on
  3. break on the wheel
  4. break one off
  5. break one's arm patting oneself on the back
  6. break one's ass
  7. break one's back
  8. break one's balls
  9. break one's chops
  10. break one's duck
  11. break one's fall

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