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break someone's back

break someone's back verb: synonym of blow someone's back out. Also the alternative form of break the back of.

Verb

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

  1. (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 wack2004 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
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see break, back.

Also used as

break someone's back is also the alternative form of break the back of.

Synonyms of break someone's back

Forms of break someone's back

third-person singular presentbreaks someone's back
present participlebreaking someone's back
pastbroke someone's back
past participlebroken someone's back

Questions about break someone's back

What does break someone's back mean?
Break someone's back means synonym of blow someone's back out.
What part of speech is break someone's back?
Break someone's back is a verb.
What is the past tense of break someone's back?
The past tense of break someone's back is broke someone's back.

Words near break someone's back in the dictionary

  1. break room
  2. break rooms
  3. break sheer
  4. break shins
  5. break silence
  6. break someone's back
  7. break someone's balls
  8. break someone's face
  9. break someone's heart
  10. break squelch
  11. break stride

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