break for

break for (someone or something)

1. To pause a particular activity for a particular reason or time period with the intention to resume after the break. I know you have to finish this paper, but can you break for a bit and talk to your grandparents? I think we've done enough for now—let's break for lunch.
2. To start running toward a place or person. As soon as I opened the door, my cat made a break for it and ran out into the yard. When they open the store, let's break for the sale rack before everyone else gets there.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

break for something

 
1. to stop working for something else, such as lunch, coffee, etc. We should break now for lunch. I want to break for coffee.
2. to run suddenly toward something; to increase dramatically one's speed while running. At the last moment, the deer broke for the woods. The deer broke for cover at the sound of our approach.
See also: break
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • break for (someone or something)
  • make a day/night/weekend of it
  • receive as
  • receive as (something)
  • close the books
  • bride
  • bridesmaid
  • always the bridesmaid
  • always the bridesmaid, never the bride
  • come across like
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At the coach's's last movement, the backs break for the ball at a 45-degree angle.
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Gary Beckett made a 54 break for the Lakes, while Paul Thompson made a 32 for the Quoit Club.
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