Speakur

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break one's neck

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.15 in modern English

Syllables
break one's -neck
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make extraordinary efforts to achieve an end; to exert oneself in pursuit of a goal.

verb

To suffer a fracture of one or more of the cervical vertebrae, especially one that injures the spinal cord.

Inflected Forms

breaks one's neck (present, singular) breaking one's neck (participle, present) broke one's neck (past) broken one's neck (participle, past)

Synonyms

break one's back bust one's ass work one's ass off

Questions

What does break one's neck mean?
To make extraordinary efforts to achieve an end; to exert oneself in pursuit of a goal.

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