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broke back

broke back is the simple past of break back.

Meaning of break back

Verb

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

  1. To win a game having lost a service game, or during a tiebreak, to win a point against the serve having lost a point while serving.

Questions about broke back

What is broke back the simple past of?
Broke back is the simple past of break back.

Words near broke back in the dictionary

  1. broke a promise
  2. broke a sweat
  3. broke and entered
  4. broke apart
  5. broke away
  6. broke back
  7. broke bad
  8. broke bread
  9. broke bulk
  10. broke camp
  11. broke character

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Adapted from Wiktionary: broke back (page history and authors); break back (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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