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breaks the bank

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

Meaning of break the bank

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) At a casino etc., to win all the money that is available to be paid.
    • Or, similarly, consider the man determined to break the bank at Monte Carlo by studying the frequencies with which a certain roulette wheel lands in the red2001, Richard Swinburne, Epistemic Justification
  2. (idiomatic, intransitive) To exhaust one's financial resources.
    • Home Security Doesn't Have to Break the Bank2001, Tom Davidson, Lorna Gentry, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Home Security

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

Words near breaks the bank in the dictionary

  1. breaks someone's face
  2. breaks someone's heart
  3. breaks squelch
  4. breaks stride
  5. breaks the back of
  6. breaks the bank
  7. breaks the cycle
  8. breaks the deadlock
  9. breaks the fourth wall
  10. breaks the ice
  11. breaks the internet

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