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                           see GIVE SOMEONE A BREAK, def. 2.
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
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                           Phrase(s): Give me a break! [and] Gimme a break!  1. Inf. Don’t be so harsh to me!; Give me another chance!  •  I’m sorry! I’ll do better! Give me a break!  •  I was only late once! Give me a break! 2. Inf. That is enough, you’re bothering me!; Stop it!  •  Do you have to go on and on? Give me a break!  •  Give me a break, you guys! That’s enough of your bickering! 3. Inf. I don’t believe you!; You don’t expect anyone to believe that!  •  You say a gorilla is loose in the city? Gimme a break!  •  Tom said he was late again because the back stairs caved in. His boss said, "Gimme a break!"
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
                        McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs