TO BREAK THE NECK OF

  

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TO BREAK THE NECK OF

Definition: TO BREAK THE NECK OF

TO BREAK THE NECK OF

1. To destroy the main force of. ``What they presume to borrow from her sage and virtuous rules . . . breaks the neck of their own cause.'' --Milton.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Modern Translation: TO BREAK THE NECK OF

Language Translations for "TO BREAK THE NECK OF"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Hungarian

  

túljut a nehezén (to break the neck of sg, to turn the corner). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

otay eakbray ethay ecknay ofay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Alternative Orthography: TO BREAK THE NECK OF


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 4F      42 52 45 41 4B      54 48 45      4E 45 43 4B      4F 46

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

                

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01001111 00100000 01000010 01010010 01000101 01000001 01001011 00100000 01010100 01001000 01000101 00100000 01001110 01000101 01000011 01001011 00100000 01001111 01000110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#79 &#32 &#66 &#82 &#69 &#65 &#75 &#32 &#84 &#72 &#69 &#32 &#78 &#69 &#67 &#75 &#32 &#79 &#70

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 004F      0042 0052 0045 0041 004B      0054 0048 0045      004E 0045 0043 004B      004F 0046

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

544923652393545254423924839374524940

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Non-English Dictionaries with "TO BREAK THE NECK OF"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Hungarian

szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordításmagyar

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationangol
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Translations: Modern
3. Orthography
4. Bibliography


  

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