the breaks

Pieces of luck, turns of events, as in No matter how well he pitches, the team always makes fielding errors—that's the breaks, I guess, or There's not much you can do if the breaks are against you. In the singular and modified forms, this term becomes. In the plural form, only the context determines its favorable or unfavorable meaning. [Slang; early 1900s] Also see tough break.

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“During the breaks, we’re never talking about the rule of law. We’re talking about logistics.”

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"I was just happy to make the breaks at the important times, no matter what they were. It was just about digging in and putting him under pressure."

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When Boulter connected, her power was too much for Lamens, but she could not consistently find her range, despite briefly threatening a comeback after rescuing one of the breaks in the opening set.

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Asman, meanwhile, tried to make a case that Trump had intentionally brought things to the edge before expertly pulling the breaks.

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In Hall’s opinion, this majority coalition is the sort of force that can put the breaks on the GOP’s budget plan, especially if advocates are able to effectively communicate how “The ripple effects of Medicaid being cut or Medicaid expansion being repealed will extend way beyond the people who actually are enrolled in the program.”

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