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

Example Sentences

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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

“Once that storm moves through, we might still see lingering showers on Wednesday night but then we’ll get a break through Saturday,” Kittell said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2026

Bargain hunters could finally get a break in 2026—if they know where to look.

From Barron's • Dec. 3, 2025

Did the City Clerk, who verified Mr. Evans's testimony, get a break in sentencing?

From "Monster" by Walter Dean Myers

get a break

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