break back
To win a game having lost a service game, or during a tiebreak, to win a point against…To win a game having lost a service game, or during a tiebreak, to win a point against the serve having lost a point while serving.
» Tom tried to put the broken pieces back together.
Meaning
1 sensesTo win a game having lost a service game, or during a tiebreak, to win a point against the serve having lost a point while serving.
Examples
12 sentencesTom tried to put the broken pieces back together.
Tom glued the broken vase back together.
deTom hat die kaputte Vase wieder zusammengeklebt. — Waldelfe
I tried to glue that broken vase back together.
I break the back of the work.
This work is enough to break my back.
ruОт этой работы можно надорваться. — Karok
deDiese Arbeitsbelastung ist zu schwer für mich. — Esperantostern
Forms
breaks back, breaking back, broke back, broken back| Base form | break back · to break back |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | breaks back |
| Present participle | breaking back |
| Past simple | broke back |
| Past participle | broken back |
irregular · Lesson
Phrasal verbs
12 phrasal verbs- break upрозлучитися, розлучатисяTo break or separate into pieces.
- break offвідколотися, відколюватисяTo remove a piece from a whole by breaking or snapping.
- break outвтікти, спалахуватиTo escape, especially forcefully or defiantly.
- break inзламати, ламатиTo enter a place by force or illicit means.
- break downзламатися, впастиTo stop functioning.
- break awayбігати, бігтиTo leave suddenly.
- break throughвивергати, вивергатисяTo gain popularity.
- break apartрозбитися, розбиватисяTo dismantle something into its base components.
More 4
- break onTo humiliate (someone); to scold or demean (someone) in public.
- break backTo win a game having lost a service game, or during a tiebreak, to win a point against the serve having lost a point while serving.
- break intoTo enter illegally or by force, especially in order to commit a crime.
- break withTo cease having a positive connection with (a person, group, movement, etc).
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb