- break for something
- break for something1. 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.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.