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broken back

broken back is the past participle 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 broken back

What is broken back the past participle of?
Broken back is the past participle of break back.

Words near broken back in the dictionary

  1. broken and entered
  2. broken apart
  3. broken arrow
  4. broken arrows
  5. broken away
  6. broken back
  7. broken bad
  8. broken bar
  9. broken bars
  10. broken beat
  11. broken bird

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Adapted from Wiktionary: broken 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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