make-or-break

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [meyk awr breyk]
- /meɪk ɔr breɪk/
- /meɪk ɔː(r) breɪk/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [meyk awr breyk]
- /meɪk ɔr breɪk/

Definitions of make-or-break word

adjective make-or-break either completely successful or utterly disastrous: a make-or-break marketing policy. 1
adjective make-or-break Resulting in either success or failure. 0

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Origin of make-or-break

First appearance:

before 1915

One of the 14% newest English words

First recorded in 1915-20

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Parts of speech for Make-or-break

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Make-or-break

make-or-break popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 69% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.