Everyday English
make or break something
determine success or failure
To make or break something is to determine whether it succeeds or fails.
Hear it in real life
Is the presentation ready?
Almost, but the final figures could make or break it.
Good communication can make or break a relationship.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: The final figures could make or break to the presentation.
Say: The final figures could make or break the presentation.
“Make or break” takes the thing affected as a direct object, without “to.”
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
make or break something; make-or-break
Your turn: say it out loud
Good communication can make or break a relationship.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
make or break something
determine success or failure
“Good communication can make or break a relationship.”
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