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Meanings of broke the back in English

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Usage of broke the back in English
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This bold move inspired confidence and broke the back of the panic.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 / Little J...
2
Demonstrators then broke the back window of a marked police vehicle.
Reuters
3
It was the score that broke the back of Scotland's resistance.
The Guardian
4
He broke the back of the roll against his knee and began to read.
Roads of Destiny
5
And this last pound broke the back of Burleigh's obstinacy.
Warrior Gap: A Story of the Sioux Outbreak of '68.
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It was a heavy price; but this victory broke the back of the Indian war.
The War Chief of the Ottawas : A chronicle of the Pontiac war
7
With a single crunch of his jaws he broke the back of the foremost hunter.
The Grizzly King: A Romance of the Wild
8
But as it did Garda Sweeney took his baton out and broke the back window.
The Irish Times
9
It broke the back of the man it struck.
The Great Book of Amber
10
The Mother broke the back of winter! Ayla exclaimed.
The Mammoth Hunters
11
This was the counter-attack led by the Marines which broke the back of the German invasion.
History of the World War: An Authentic Narrative of the World's...
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It broke the back of my insomnia.
Radio NZ
13
The boy's second attempt broke the back of the seat short off; it was built none too strong.
Nan Sherwood's Winter Holidays; Or, Rescuing the Runaways
14
When I broke the back of knight-errantry that time, I no longer felt obliged to work in secret.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
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I broke the back-bone of a Chief over his rump and set out to join the cavalcade again.
Roughing It
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Evidently Janee's yell was the last straw which broke the back of such nerve as remained to them.
She and Allan
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