Definitions

get a break

ADJECTIVE

fortunate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

affluent encouraging fortuitous happy healthy helpful lucky profitable prosperous successful wealthy well-off

WEAK

advantageous auspicious blessed born with a silver spoon bright charmed convenient favorable favored felicitous flourishing gaining golden hopeful in luck in the gravy on a roll opportune overcoming promising propitious providential rosy sitting pretty sunny side thriving timely triumphant victorious well-to-do

Antonyms

STRONGEST

destitute disadvantageous failing hopeless lacking losing needy poor unfortunate unlucky unprofitable unsuccessful wanting

WEAK

adverse sad unhappy untoward upset

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get a break

The market might also get a break from another corner: reduced issuance of bonds by so-called hyperscaler AI companies such as Alphabet, Amazon.com, Meta Platforms, Microsoft and Oracle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

Okay, when we get home and get a break from touring, I’m going to go back in.”

From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026

That will be the case in some ways, in that teams and drivers get a break from travelling to races.

From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026

With average gas prices approaching $4 a gallon on Monday, one question for drivers is whether they’ll soon get a break from gas taxes.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 23, 2026

“He really does wish he could get a break from work. Or have a job like mine, where it’s possible to set limits.”

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

get a break

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