break

break it down! stop it! desist! Australian informal

break a leg! good luck! theatrical slang

give me a break! used to express contemptuous disagreement or disbelief about something that has been said.

give someone a break stop putting pressure on someone about something. informal

make a break for make a sudden dash in the direction of, usually in a bid to escape.

that's (or them's) the breaks that's the way things turn out (used to express resigned acceptance of a situation). North American informal

☞ For other idioms containing break, see the entry for the main word in the idiom (for example, break wind at wind).