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Break and Run

Posted by Victoria S Dennis on December 27, 2005

In Reply to: Break and Run posted by Std on December 27, 2005

: What does "Break and Run " not from billards??

It's a military phrase. A body of men is said to "break and run" when it breaks formation ((i.e. abandons its disciplined ranks)and runs away.

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