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n.
dash
1) to make a ~ (for safety)
escape
2) a mass; prison ~
interruption
3) to make a ~
4) a ~ in, with (a ~ in the conversation; to make a ~ with tradition)
rest
5) to have ( esp. BE ), take a ~
6) a coffee; news; station ( AE ); tea ( esp. BE ) ~
7) during, on a ~
opportunity
( colloq. )
8) to give smb. a ~
good fortune
9) to get a ~
10) a lucky; unexpected ~
11) a tax ~
II
v.
1) ( B ) ('to communicate') I had to ~ the news to them
2) ( D ; intr. ) ('to curl and fall') to ~ against, on (the waves were ~ing against the rocks)
3) ( d ; intr. ) ('to dash') to ~ for (to ~ for cover)
4) ( d ; intr. ) ('to take time') to ~ for (they broke for lunch)
5) ( d ; intr. ) ('to enter forcibly') to ~ into (burglars broke into the house)
6) ( d ; intr. ) ('to begin') to ~ into (to ~ into song)
7) ( d ; tr. ) ('to cure') to ~ of (in time he was broken of his drug habit)
8) ( D ; tr. ) ('to crack') to ~ on (she broke a tooth on a bone)
9) ( d ; intr. ) ('to escape') to ~ out of (two prisoners broke out of jail; our troops broke out of the encirclement)
10) ( d ; intr. ) ('to penetrate') to ~ through (to ~ through enemy lines)
11) ( d ; intr. ) ('to end relations') to ~ with (I broke with them)
12) ( D ; tr. ) ('to cut off') to ~ with (she broke all ties with her friends)
13) ( misc. ) to ~ loose; to ~ smb. on the wheel