give someone a break
(Redirected from give me a break)
English
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Verb
[edit]give someone a break (third-person singular simple present gives someone a break, present participle giving someone a break, simple past gave someone a break, past participle given someone a break)
- (idiomatic) To allow someone a rest.
- (idiomatic) To stop harassing or demanding from someone.
- 2003, Alecia Alexander, Everybody's a Critic, page 105:
- “Oh, give me a break, sport. You want to pick my brain but you're not going [sic] give me anything in return? What's up with that?”
- (idiomatic) To provide someone with an opportunity for significant advancement.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see give, a, break.
Translations
[edit]rest — see rest