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break someone's heart

break someone's heart verb: to cause a person to feel grief, disappointment, or sadness.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To cause a person to feel grief, disappointment, or sadness.
    • Don't go breaking my heart / I couldn't if I tried / Honey if I get restless / Baby you're not that kind1976, Elton John, “Don't Go Breaking My Heart”, performed by Elton John ft. Kiki Dee
    • If you break her heart, I'll break your legs.2003 February 7, Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, directed by David Dobkin, Shanghai Knights, spoken by Chon Wang (Jackie Chan)

break someone's heart meaning in Hindi, Arabic and Vietnamese

break someone's heart in Hindi

to cause a person to feel grief or sadness
दिल तोड़ना dil toṛnā

break someone's heart in Arabic

to cause a person to feel grief or sadness
فطر القلب, فطر الفؤاد

break someone's heart in Vietnamese

to cause a person to feel grief or sadness
làm tan nát trái tim..., làm...đau khổ

Forms of break someone's heart

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

Origin of break someone's heart

From Middle English breke (my) harte.

Questions about break someone's heart

What does break someone's heart mean?
Break someone's heart means to cause a person to feel grief, disappointment, or sadness.
What is break someone's heart in Hindi?
Break someone's heart in Hindi is दिल तोड़ना (dil toṛnā). See Break someone's heart meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is break someone's heart?
Break someone's heart is a verb.
What is the past tense of break someone's heart?
The past tense of break someone's heart is broke someone's heart.

Words near break someone's heart in the dictionary

  1. break shins
  2. break silence
  3. break someone's back
  4. break someone's balls
  5. break someone's face
  6. break someone's heart
  7. break squelch
  8. break stride
  9. break the back of
  10. break the bank
  11. break the buck

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