BREAK ONE'S BACK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does break one's back mean? 

• BREAK ONE'S BACK (verb)
  The verb BREAK ONE'S BACK has 1 sense:

1. work very hard, like a slave

  Familiarity information: BREAK ONE'S BACK used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BREAK ONE'S BACK (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Work very hard, like a slave

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

break one's back; buckle down; knuckle down; slave

Hypernyms (to "break one's back" is one way to...):

do work; work (be employed)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s