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English
Verb
break one's neck (third-person singular simple present breaks one's neck, present participle breaking one's neck, simple past broke one's neck, past participle broken one's neck)
- (idiomatic) To make extraordinary efforts to achieve an end; to exert oneself in pursuit of a goal.
- Synonyms: break one's back, (vulgar) bust one's ass, (vulgar) work one's ass off
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see break, neck.
Further reading
- “break one’s neck to do something”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “break one’s neck, .”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “break one's neck”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “break someone's neck” (US) / “break someone's neck” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
- “break one's neck”, in Collins English Dictionary.