break for



break for something

 
1. to stop working for something else, such as lunch, coffee, etc. We should break now for lunch. I want to break for coffee.
2. to run suddenly toward something; to increase dramatically one's speed while running. At the last moment, the deer broke for the woods. The deer broke for cover at the sound of our approach.
See also: break

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Theophil-German
Regina[ri'dʒainə]
EvaE-vah (Spanish, Italian, Danish), EE-və (English), E-fah (German), AY-vah (Dutch)Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, English, Czech, Slovak, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Ice
SeosamhSHO-savIrish
Nanook-Native American, Inuit
Ottomar-German