"make-and-break" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: make-and-breaks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} make-and-break (plural make-and-breaks)
  1. (dated, chiefly attributive) circuit breaker Tags: attributive, dated Related terms: make-or-break
    Sense id: en-make-and-break-en-noun-cvlJfsfS Categories (other): English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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