break one's maiden in English

Forms: breaks one's maiden [present, singular, third-person], breaking one's maiden [participle, present], broke one's maiden [past], broken one's maiden [participle, past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|break<,,broke,broken> one's maiden}} break one's maiden (third-person singular simple present breaks one's maiden, present participle breaking one's maiden, simple past broke one's maiden, past participle broken one's maiden)

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "breaks one's maiden",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "breaking one's maiden",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "broke one's maiden",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "broken one's maiden",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "break<,,broke,broken> one's maiden"
      },
      "expansion": "break one's maiden (third-person singular simple present breaks one's maiden, present participle breaking one's maiden, simple past broke one's maiden, past participle broken one's maiden)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Horse racing",
          "orig": "en:Horse racing",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of a racehorse or jockey: to achieve victory in a race for the first time."
      ],
      "id": "en-break_one's_maiden-en-verb-qYOShMmo",
      "links": [
        [
          "horse racing",
          "horse racing"
        ],
        [
          "racehorse",
          "racehorse"
        ],
        [
          "jockey",
          "jockey"
        ],
        [
          "victory",
          "victory"
        ],
        [
          "race",
          "race"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(horse racing) Of a racehorse or jockey: to achieve victory in a race for the first time."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "horse-racing",
        "horseracing",
        "horses",
        "lifestyle",
        "pets",
        "racing",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "break one's maiden"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "breaks one's maiden",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "breaking one's maiden",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "broke one's maiden",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "broken one's maiden",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "break<,,broke,broken> one's maiden"
      },
      "expansion": "break one's maiden (third-person singular simple present breaks one's maiden, present participle breaking one's maiden, simple past broke one's maiden, past participle broken one's maiden)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "en:Horse racing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of a racehorse or jockey: to achieve victory in a race for the first time."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "horse racing",
          "horse racing"
        ],
        [
          "racehorse",
          "racehorse"
        ],
        [
          "jockey",
          "jockey"
        ],
        [
          "victory",
          "victory"
        ],
        [
          "race",
          "race"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(horse racing) Of a racehorse or jockey: to achieve victory in a race for the first time."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "horse-racing",
        "horseracing",
        "horses",
        "lifestyle",
        "pets",
        "racing",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "break one's maiden"
}

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"break one's maiden" meaning in English

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