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单词 to break the heart of
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to break the heart of
(b) to break the heart of: to accomplish the main or hardest part of (a task or objective); to bring near to completion. Cf. to break the back of at back n.1 24a. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > advance (a proceeding) from previous stage [verb (transitive)] > finish the main part of
to break the neck ofa1592
to break the heart of1679
to break the back of1883
1679 M. D'Assigny tr. Sieur de Sainctyon Hist. Tamerlan the Great vi. 171 His diligence in assisting his men caus'd him to win this notable Victory, which broke the heart of the War.
1694 R. Franck Northern Mem. 165 Come then let us break the Heart of these Hills, and bless our Eyes with a Landskip of the Lowlands.
1713 Boston News-let. 4 May 2/1 We have taken 160 Prisoners and the Fort, so that we hope the heart of the Tuskararo war is broken.
1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) (at cited word) ‘To break the heart of a business’, to have almost finished it.
1846 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words I. 440/2 To break the heart of anything, to have almost completed it. [Also in later dictionaries.]]
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