"break one's ass" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: breaks one's ass [present, singular, third-person], breaking one's ass [participle, present], broke one's ass [past], broken one's ass [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|break<,,broke,broken> one's ass}} break one's ass (third-person singular simple present breaks one's ass, present participle breaking one's ass, simple past broke one's ass, past participle broken one's ass)
  1. To make a great effort; to bust one's ass.
    Sense id: en-break_one's_ass-en-verb-O32W8RxZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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