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Idioms and Phrases

Overpower, overcome; also, get through the hardest part of. For example, This new offense has broken the back of the opposing team , or We're well over halfway there; we've broken the back of this journey . [Mid-1800s]
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Leaning on all her experience, she initially allowed Joseph to play her expansive shots and break the back of the chase, with the 23-year-old clubbing three fours and a six in her innings from number three.

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Federal authorities have arrested key members of a Southern California white-power group, the latest move in an ongoing effort by authorities to break the back of an organization linked to racism-fueled violence.

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"We still had core prices rising by 0.3% which is on the strong side from a longer term perspective. I think it more just drives home the recent narrative that interest rates are likely to say fairly high for a long period of time and until the Fed can really break the back of inflation."

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It suggests that one can bend over so far backwards to prove impartiality as to break the back of apolitical justice.

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Stahl, who sees a future where college athletes break the back of an unjust system and are finally the ones calling the shots, believes he is on the winning side.

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