break down
(STOP WORKING)Definition
› to stop working or not be successful: Our car broke down on the thruway.
(Definition of break down (STOP WORKING) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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breaded adj
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breadth n
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breadwinner n
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break away phrasal verb
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break down phrasal verb BECOME UPSET
- break down phrasal verb STOP WORKING
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break down something phrasal verb DIVIDE
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break even idiom
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break in phrasal verb ENTER ILLEGALLY
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break in someone/something phrasal verb TRAIN
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break into something phrasal verb BE SUCCESSFUL
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