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broke one's duck

broke one's duck is the simple past 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 broke one's duck

What is broke one's duck the simple past of?
Broke one's duck is the simple past of break one's duck.

Words near broke one's duck in the dictionary

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

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