Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Resulting in great success or utter failure.
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- adjective resulting in either success or failure.
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Examples
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Which is why he's not obsessing over the fact that "Thor" has been described as make-or-break for his directing career.
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High-level climate talks, due to start in Durban on November 28 under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, are being called a make-or-break meeting for legally binding carbon emission reduction targets. ...
USATODAY.com News 2011
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At the same time, the new age of the single might even help musicians take more artistic chances: The investment in time and money is so much less for a single that artists may be able to take risks with individual tracks that they were not able to do with the big make-or-break discs.
Singles Might Save the Music Industry Eric Felten 2011
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KABUL, Afghanistan — It's make-or-break time in Afghanistan.
Afghan War's 9th Anniversary: U.S. Nears Decade Of Fighting The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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The Pre is being viewed as a potential make-or-break rollout for Sprint.
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The rally was also tacit recognition that the split between white voters across class, income, and age, lines is real and potentially a make-or-break point for the Democrats.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson: The New Civil War Among Whites Earl Ofari Hutchinson 2010
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•Coaching staff: Campbell and the offense must make a leap forward under Zorn, who might be facing a make-or-break year under an owner with a famously itchy trigger finger.
Payment due now on five-year plan for Campbell, Redskins 2009
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KABUL, Afghanistan — It's make-or-break time in Afghanistan.
Afghan War Enters 10th Year With Uncertain Future Under Obama The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Shaida Mohammad Abdali, Mr. Karzai's deputy national security adviser, recently called civilian casualties a "make-or-break" issue.
Outcry Over Afghan Civilian Deaths Dion Nissenbaum 2011
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KABUL, Afghanistan — It's make-or-break time in Afghanistan.
Afghan War's 9th Anniversary: U.S. Nears Decade Of Fighting The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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