"break someone's balls" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-break someone's balls.ogg [Australia] Forms: breaks someone's balls [present, singular, third-person], breaking someone's balls [participle, present], broke someone's balls [past], broken someone's balls [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|break<,,broke,broken> someone's balls}} break someone's balls (third-person singular simple present breaks someone's balls, present participle breaking someone's balls, simple past broke someone's balls, past participle broken someone's balls)
  1. (slang, vulgar) Synonym of bust someone's balls Tags: slang, vulgar Synonyms: bust someone's balls [synonym, synonym-of] Related terms: break one's balls
    Sense id: en-break_someone's_balls-en-verb-3Qt5t41Z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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