give me a break
Definition of give me a break
informal
1 —used to tell someone to stop bothering you or treating you unfairly “Aren't you finished yet?” “Give me a break! I only started 10 minutes ago!”
2 —used to say that you do not believe or are disgusted about what someone has said or done “He says he went to Harvard.” “Give me a break! I doubt he even graduated from high school!”
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: to make a present of
: to grant or bestow by formal action
: to accord or yield to another
: capacity or tendency to yield to force or strain : flexibility
: the ability of a material to bend or stretch
: to separate into parts with suddenness or violence
: fracture
: to fracture a bone of (a bodily part)
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