Gimme a break!

Gimme a break!
Give me a break! & 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!

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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!

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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!

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Tom said he was late again because the back stairs caved in. His boss said, “Gimme a break!”


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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