- break a record
- break a recordto destroy a previously set high record by setting a new one. •
The athlete broke all the school records in swimming.
•The league record was broken after thirty years.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
The athlete broke all the school records in swimming.
•The league record was broken after thirty years.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
break a record — see under ↑record • • • Main Entry: ↑break * * * break a record phrase to do something that is better, faster etc than anything that has been done before The painting has broken all records, selling for over £20 million. Thesaurus: to do… … Useful english dictionary
break the record — index surpass Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
break the record — do better than the previous record The coach believes Bev can break the record in long jump … English idioms
break the record — {v. phr.} To set or to establish a new mark or record. * /Algernon broke the record in both the pentathlon and the decathlon and took home two gold medals from the Olympics./ … Dictionary of American idioms
break the record — {v. phr.} To set or to establish a new mark or record. * /Algernon broke the record in both the pentathlon and the decathlon and took home two gold medals from the Olympics./ … Dictionary of American idioms
break\ the\ record — v. phr. To set or to establish a new mark or record. Algernon broke the record in both the pentathlon and the decathlon and took home two gold medals from the Olympics … Словарь американских идиом
To break the record — Record Rec ord (r[e^]k [ e]rd), n. [OF. recort, record, remembrance, attestation, record. See {Record}, v. t.] 1. A writing by which some act or event, or a number of acts or events, is recorded; a register; as, a record of the acts of the Hebrew … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
break a record — surpass the best official performance attained thus far (i.e. in a sports event) … English contemporary dictionary
break the record — v. surpass the highest score (or fastest time, etc.) … English contemporary dictionary
break a record — to do something that is better, faster etc than anything that has been done before The painting has broken all records, selling for over £20 million … English dictionary
break a — ● record … Useful english dictionary