make-or-break

[ meyk-er-breyk ]

/ ˈmeɪk ərˈbreɪk /

adjective

either completely successful or utterly disastrous: a make-or-break marketing policy.

Origin of make-or-break

First recorded in 1915–20

Words nearby make-or-break

make one's mark, make one's mouth water, make one's peace with, make one's point, make one's way, make-or-break, make out, make out like a bandit, makeover, make-peace, maker

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Example sentences from the Web for make-or-break

Sunday's episode illustrated both the peril and the promise of Homeland's make-or-break moment.
‘Homeland’ Is Finally Back On Track with Season 3’s Penultimate Episode, “Big Man in Tehran”|Andrew Romano|December 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST
What I do deny, vigorously, is that this is a make-or-break moment.
End Times for Obama? Why This Crisis Will Also Pass|Michael Tomasky|November 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST
No one seemed to expect Jon Tester to pull it out, but it was no longer a make-or-break race.
Partying With the Senate Democrats: The Party’s Newest Stars|Michelle Cottle|November 7, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The southern provinces are where the make-or-break struggle for Afghanistan's Pashtuns is taking place.
Bin Laden's Death Heightens Tensions in Kabul|Ann Marlowe|May 3, 2011|DAILY BEAST

Idioms and Phrases with make-or-break

make or break

Cause either total success or total ruin, as in This assignment will make or break her as a reporter. This rhyming expression, first recorded in Charles Dickens's Barnaby Rudge (1840), has largely replaced the much older (16th-century) alliterative synonym make or mar, at least in America.

单词	make-or-break
释义	make-or-break [ meyk-er-breyk ] / ˈmeɪk ərˈbreɪk / adjective either completely successful or utterly disastrous: a make-or-break marketing policy. Origin of make-or-break First recorded in 1915–20 Words nearby make-or-break make one's mark, make one's mouth water, make one's peace with, make one's point, make one's way, make-or-break, make out, make out like a bandit, makeover, make-peace, maker Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for make-or-break Sunday's episode illustrated both the peril and the promise of Homeland's make-or-break moment. ‘Homeland’ Is Finally Back On Track with Season 3’s Penultimate Episode, “Big Man in Tehran”\|Andrew Romano\|December 9, 2013\|DAILY BEAST What I do deny, vigorously, is that this is a make-or-break moment. End Times for Obama? Why This Crisis Will Also Pass\|Michael Tomasky\|November 9, 2013\|DAILY BEAST No one seemed to expect Jon Tester to pull it out, but it was no longer a make-or-break race. Partying With the Senate Democrats: The Party’s Newest Stars\|Michelle Cottle\|November 7, 2012\|DAILY BEAST The southern provinces are where the make-or-break struggle for Afghanistan's Pashtuns is taking place. Bin Laden's Death Heightens Tensions in Kabul\|Ann Marlowe\|May 3, 2011\|DAILY BEAST Idioms and Phrases with make-or-break make or break Cause either total success or total ruin, as in This assignment will make or break her as a reporter. This rhyming expression, first recorded in Charles Dickens's Barnaby Rudge (1840), has largely replaced the much older (16th-century) alliterative synonym make or mar, at least in America. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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