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break one's back

verbcandidate·updated Jun 3, 2026

to work very hard, like a slave

MWE

Classifications

Cognitive

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Responsibility

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Automation

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Variants

synonym
slave
pasttense
breaked one's back
presentparticiple
breaking one's back
thirdpersonsingular
breaks one's back
pastparticiple
breaked one's back