- break the habit
- break a habit & break the habit & break one's habitto end a habit. •
I was not able to break the habit of snoring.
•It's hard to break a habit that you have had for a long time.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
break the habit
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break the habit — break (or informal kick) the habit stop engaging in a habitual practice … Useful english dictionary
Why break the habit of a lifetime? — British & Australian, humorous something that you say which means that you do not believe that someone will stop doing something bad that they have done all their lives. I must stop writing my essays the night before the deadline. Why break the… … New idioms dictionary
break a habit — phrase to stop doing something that is a habit, especially something bad or harmful Interrupting others is annoying, so try to break the habit. Thesaurus: to give up doing somethingsynonym to kill a person or animalsynonym Main entry: break … Useful english dictionary
break a habit — to stop doing something that is a habit, especially something bad or harmful Interrupting others is annoying, so try to break the habit … English dictionary
break (or informal kick) the habit — stop engaging in a habitual practice. → habit … English new terms dictionary
knock the habit — tv. to stop using drugs; to break a drug addiction. (Drugs. See also kick the habit.) □ I just can’t knock the habit. □ He tried to knock the habit by drinking lots of booze … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
To break the back — Break Break (br[=a]k), v. t. [imp. {broke} (br[=o]k), (Obs. {Brake}); p. p. {Broken} (br[=o] k n), (Obs. {Broke}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Breaking}.] [OE. breken, AS. brecan; akin to OS. brekan, D. breken, OHG. brehhan, G. brechen, Icel. braka to creak … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To break the heart — Break Break (br[=a]k), v. t. [imp. {broke} (br[=o]k), (Obs. {Brake}); p. p. {Broken} (br[=o] k n), (Obs. {Broke}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Breaking}.] [OE. breken, AS. brecan; akin to OS. brekan, D. breken, OHG. brehhan, G. brechen, Icel. braka to creak … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To break the ice — Break Break (br[=a]k), v. t. [imp. {broke} (br[=o]k), (Obs. {Brake}); p. p. {Broken} (br[=o] k n), (Obs. {Broke}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Breaking}.] [OE. breken, AS. brecan; akin to OS. brekan, D. breken, OHG. brehhan, G. brechen, Icel. braka to creak … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To break the neck — Break Break (br[=a]k), v. t. [imp. {broke} (br[=o]k), (Obs. {Brake}); p. p. {Broken} (br[=o] k n), (Obs. {Broke}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Breaking}.] [OE. breken, AS. brecan; akin to OS. brekan, D. breken, OHG. brehhan, G. brechen, Icel. braka to creak … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
kick the habit — break free from an addiction … English contemporary dictionary
