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breaks on

breaks on is the third-person singular simple present indicative of break on.

Meaning of break on

Verb

break on (third-person singular simple present breaks on, present participle breaking on, simple past broke on, past participle broken on)

  1. (slang, transitive, African-American Vernacular) To humiliate (someone); to scold or demean (someone) in public.

Questions about breaks on

What is breaks on the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Breaks on is the third-person singular simple present indicative of break on.

Words near breaks on in the dictionary

  1. breaks it to
  2. breaks loose
  3. breaks luck
  4. breaks of gauge
  5. breaks off
  6. breaks on
  7. breaks on the wheel
  8. breaks one off
  9. breaks one's ass
  10. breaks one's back
  11. breaks one's duck

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