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breaks one's duck

breaks one's duck is the third-person singular simple present indicative of break one's duck.

Meaning of break one's duck

Verb

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

  1. To score one's first run in an innings.
  2. (Commonwealth, UK, broadly, idiomatic) To do something for the first time.
    • Best had come on as a substitute in the 1-0 win at Wigan last weekend and wasted a goalscoring opportunity after stumbling as he was about to shoot, so many of the fans in black and white could have been forgiven for thinking that perhaps the burly forward was destined not to break his duck.2011 January 5, Saj Chowdhury, “Newcastle 0 - 0 West Ham”, in BBC

Questions about breaks one's duck

What is breaks one's duck the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Breaks one's duck is the third-person singular simple present indicative of break one's duck.

Words near breaks one's duck in the dictionary

  1. breaks on
  2. breaks on the wheel
  3. breaks one off
  4. breaks one's ass
  5. breaks one's back
  6. breaks one's duck
  7. breaks one's fall
  8. breaks one's fast
  9. breaks one's lance
  10. breaks one's maiden
  11. breaks one's neck

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