break the record
Definition of break the record
: to perform better than anyone or anything else or to achieve something no other person or thing has achieved He broke the record for the high jump.
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breakplay
: to separate into parts with suddenness or violence
: fracture
: to fracture a bone of (a bodily part)
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recordplay
: to set down in writing : furnish written evidence of
: to deposit an authentic official copy of
: to state for or as if for the record
: of, relating to, or being one that is extraordinary among or surpasses others of its kind
: a function of an electronic device that causes it to record
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