English Explanatory Dictionary

break someone's back

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. Alternative form of break the back of (overburden).
  2. Synonym of blow someone's back out.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see break, back.

Word forms

break someone's back breaks someone's back breaking someone's back broke someone's back broken someone's back

Synonyms

blow someone's back out

Related words

back-breaking break one's back
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