break the back of

Meaning

1. break the back of sth

   to finish the largest or most important part of a task

In the movies · 17

• You're gonna break your back, Jackson.Pollock2000
• If you break your back, I replace you like this. Boom.The Fall Guy2024
• The straw in the stack That breaks the camel's back What breaks the camel's back?Encanto2021
• No. If you were trying to break back into this universe.Doctor Who The Time of the Doctor2013
• Fast break. Defense. Get back. back.One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest1975
• But you get a guy like that on your side, he breaks his back for you.Scarface1983
• I don't want those girls to break their backs.Lilies of the Field1963
• Well, your break is over. Go back to work.Triangle of Sadness2022

Learn it in full scenes

• Encanto2021
  • Abuela Tells Mirabel the Miracle Story
  • Mirabel Introduces the Madrigals
  • Mirabel Told to Step Aside

From the same entry

• at the back of your mind
• the back of beyond
• back to back
• back to front
• be glad, to see the back of
• behind back
• be on back
• get back up
• get off back
• have back
• have your back to the wall
• off the back of a lorry