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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