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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: very DUMB question #63466 04/03/02 02:02 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 428 Cape Cod, MA, US F Flatlander addict Flatlander addict F 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 Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted very DUMB question indianaugust 04/02/02 09:56 PM Re: very DUMB question consuelo 04/02/02 10:18 PM Re: very DUMB question wwh 04/02/02 10:57 PM Re: very DUMB question tsuwm 04/03/02 12:10 AM Re: very DUMB question Flatlander 04/03/02 02:02 PM Re: very DUMB question Jackie 04/03/02 02:05 PM Re: very DUMB question doc_comfort 04/04/02 12:43 AM Re: what's a DUMB question? hev 04/03/02 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 Topics13,913 Posts229,371 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 933 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 24 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,561 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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