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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: very DUMB question #63466 04/03/2002 2:02 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 428 Cape Cod, MA, US Flatlander addict Flatlander addict Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 428 Cape Cod, MA, US break, n. [from the v.] as in "give me a break" I hate to quibble with the Great Purple Authority that is the OED, but to me, the break in "give me a break" means "pause". I would use the phrase when someone is relentelessly giving me a hard time, and I am asking for a respite from the questioning/browbeating/pestering for a minute. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted very DUMB question indianaugust 04/02/2002 9:56 PM Re: very DUMB question consuelo 04/02/2002 10:18 PM Re: very DUMB question wwh 04/02/2002 10:57 PM Re: very DUMB question tsuwm 04/03/2002 12:10 AM Re: very DUMB question Flatlander 04/03/2002 2:02 PM Re: very DUMB question Jackie 04/03/2002 2:05 PM Re: very DUMB question doc_comfort 04/04/2002 12:43 AM Re: what's a DUMB question? hev 04/03/2002 12:29 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,262 Members9,208 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery, Forix Richard 9,208 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 26 A C Bowden 8 JerryC 1 Wood Delivery 1 Trusted Roofing 1 John Fox 1 Tony Hood 1 LukeJavan8 1 Forix Richard 1 John Flex 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,122 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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