catch a break
idiom
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: to have some good luck
I just can't seem to catch a break.
If we can catch a break with the goalkeeping, we might just win the championship.
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Ripley can’t catch a break with her escape pods, and the end of this film features an astonishing demise to one of cinema’s greatest heroines.
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Dan Heching, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2025
One woman's recent attempt to catch a break from a relentless game of fetch with her canine has become a viral TikTok moment, capturing the sweet and persistent nature of a Labrador retriever.
—Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Aug. 2025
The Miami Dolphins have not been able to catch a break during NFL training camp.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
Nothing left to do but build and inculcate my fantastical
atoms, unable to catch a break.
—Hazlitt, 15 May 2025
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Dan Heching, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2025
One woman's recent attempt to catch a break from a relentless game of fetch with her canine has become a viral TikTok moment, capturing the sweet and persistent nature of a Labrador retriever.
—Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Aug. 2025
The Miami Dolphins have not been able to catch a break during NFL training camp.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
Nothing left to do but build and inculcate my fantastical
atoms, unable to catch a break.
—Hazlitt, 15 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for catch a break
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“Catch a break.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/catch%20a%20break. Accessed 1 Sep. 2025.
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