break the bank
humorousDefinition
› to cost too much: It only costs £2. That's not going to break the bank.Costing too muchExpensive and luxurious
(Definition of break the bank from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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break sb in phrasal verb
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break sb's heart idiom
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break sth in phrasal verb
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break sth up phrasal verb
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break the back of sth idiom
- break the bank idiom
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break the ice idiom
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break the mould idiom
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break through sth phrasal verb
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break up phrasal verb (END RELATIONSHIP)
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break up phrasal verb (STOP BEING HEARD)
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Synonyms and related words:
- at/for a price idiom
- capital intensive adjective
- cheap at half the price idiom
- clobber verb (HIT)
- cost an arm and a leg/a small fortune idiom
- cost sb a pretty penny idiom
- cost sb dear idiom
- costly adjective (EXPENSIVE)
- exorbitant adjective
- extortionate adjective
- it'll cost you idiom
- not come cheap idiom
- out of sight idiom
- over the odds idiom
- overpriced adjective
- prohibitive adjective
- punitive adjective
- set sb back (sth) phrasal verb
- steep adjective (TOO MUCH)
- stiff adjective (SEVERE)
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