"break a sweat" meaning in Anglais

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Verb

IPA: \ˈbɹeɪk ə ˌswɛt\ Audio: En-au-break a sweat.ogg Forms: to break a sweat [infinitive], breaks a sweat [present, third-person, singular], broke a sweat [preterite], broken a sweat [participle, past], breaking a sweat [participle, present]
  1. Commencer à transpirer.
    Sense id: fr-break_a_sweat-en-verb-SlZpqxWe Categories (other): Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en anglais
  2. Sourciller ; broncher. Note d’usage : s’emploie généralement avec la négative. Tags: figuratively, idiomatic
    Sense id: fr-break_a_sweat-en-verb-5MYrfDQu Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Métaphores en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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