HyperDic: break_one[s_back

English > 1 sense of the expression *break one's back*:
VERB	social	break one's back, slave, buckle down, knuckle down	work very hard, like a slave

English > *break one's back*: 1 sense > verb 1, social
Meaning	Work very hard, like a slave.
Pattern	Somebody ----s
Synonyms	slave, buckle down, knuckle down
Broader	work, do work	Be employed