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From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  break one's back
       v : work very hard, like a slave [syn: slave, buckle down, knuckle
           down]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  break one's back
     vb.
     1 (lb en idiom) (synonym of en strive): to apply oneself completely
  to the point of physical exhaustion or incapacity.
     2 (&lit en break back)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  break one's back
     vb.
     1 (lb en idiom) (synonym of en strive): to apply oneself completely
  to the point of physical exhaustion or incapacity.
     2 (&lit en break back)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  break one's back
     vb.
     1 (lb en idiom) (synonym of en strive): to apply oneself completely
  to the point of physical exhaustion or incapacity.
     2 (&lit en break back)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  break one's back
     vb.
     1 (lb en idiom) (synonym of en strive): to apply oneself completely
  to the point of physical exhaustion or incapacity.
     2 (&lit en break back)

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  break one's back /bɹˈeɪk wˈɒnz bˈak/
  moci se přetrhnout

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

  break one's back
     
  把某人压得喘不过气来,把某人压垮;折断筋骨,辛勤工作

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