break one's back
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break one's back
verb breaks one's back · breaking one's back · broke one's back · broken one's back
- Alternative form of break the back of (overburden), when applied to oneself. They're talkin' bout the night Santa went crazy The night St. Nicholas flipped Broke his back for some milk and cookies Sounds to me like he was tired of gettin' gypped
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see break, back.
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