- break a record
- surpass the best official performance attained thus far (i.e. in a sports event)
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
break a record
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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 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
