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Princeton's WordNet

  1. break through, crackverb

    pass through (a barrier)

    "Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county"

  2. break through, come throughverb

    penetrate

    "The sun broke through the clouds"; "The rescue team broke through the wall in the mine shaft"

  3. erupt, come out, break through, push throughverb

    break out

    "The tooth erupted and had to be extracted"

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  1. break throughverb

    To gain popularity.

  2. break throughverb

    to penetrate the defence of the opposition.

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  1. break through

    Break through is a phrase that generally means to overcome a barrier, obstacle, or resistance. This can refer to achieving success in a difficult situation or field, making a new discovery or innovation, or advancing to a new level of understanding or awareness. The term suggests a significant achievement or progress that required effort, persistence, or struggle.

Wikidata

  1. Break Through

    Break Through is the third studio album by Japanese rock band B'z. The album sold 41,700 copies in its first week and sold a total of 724,640 copies. Both Break Through and its follow-up, Risky, are considered the band's most synth-heavy albums. "Lady-Go-Round" was the only song released as a single.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of break through in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of break through in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of break through in a Sentence

  1. President Obama:

    If we can't find some way to break through what is a complicated history in the South and start winning races there and winning back Southern white voters without betraying our commitment to civil rights and diversity -- if we can do those things, then we can win elections.

  2. Rick Santorum:

    It's a talented field, so it's hard to break through, here's the difference: They know me. They don't know a lot of these other guys.

  3. Hillary Clinton:

    We still have to break through the barriers of bigotry. African American parents shouldn’t have to worry about their children being harassed, humiliated and even shot for the color of their skin.

  4. Denise Wallace:

    With your help, I can help break through walls.

  5. Ronald David Laing:

    Madness need not be all breakdown. It may also be break-through. It is potential liberation and renewal as well as enslavement and existential death.


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