"break" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- He's a big man with thick arms, and occasionally he'll break up a fight.
- "I was only breaking up a fight between the men."
- In June 2005, a 19-year-old girl was killed when trying to break up a fight at the mall.
- This year, he said, a black security guard at his school broke up a fight between two white students.
- Shortly after being hired, she was called out to a bar to break up a fight.
- He was killed on 11 October 2011 when trying to break up a fight.
- He was knocked unconscious while trying to break up a fight between two students.
- This was the second time in one week that officers had to use gas to break up a fight.
- "I haven't broken up a fight in two years here."
- He later died of a heart attack while breaking up a fight on duty.
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