break one's neck (English, verb)
expansion: break one's neck (third-person singular simple present breaks one's neck, present participle breaking one's neck, simple past broke one's neck, past participle broken one's neck)
Senses:
glosses: To make extraordinary efforts to achieve an end; to exert oneself in pursuit of a goal.
tags: idiomatic
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see break, neck.
Forms:
form: breaks one's neck
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: breaking one's neck
tags: participle
present
form: broke one's neck
tags: past
form: broken one's neck
tags: participle
past