break your back
Frequency: 6.02.2 per million words
to fracture your spine; also used figuratively to mean to work extremely hard
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- She broke her back to provide a better life for her children.
- A fall from that height could easily break your back.
- I've been breaking my back all week to finish this project on time.
- He was lucky not to break his back in the car accident.
- There's no need to break your back for a company that doesn't appreciate you.
- The jockey broke his back when he was thrown from the horse.
- He breaks his back every day working on the farm.
- You'll break your back if you try to lift that heavy box alone.
- They broke their backs building this company from the ground up.
- Don't break your back trying to do everything perfectly.