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11:30, Diet Coke
break
( Coca Cola advertising slogan )
A View To A
Kill
( James Bond movie Roger Moore )
A bad
break
A cup of coffee ( A baseball expression denoting a
break
from major league baseball )
A means to an
end
A mind is a terrible thing to
waste
( United Negro College Fund advertising slogan )
All good things must come to an
end
At a loose
end
At the
end
of a gun
At the
end
of the day
At the
end
of your rope
At the
end
of your tether
At your wits'
end
Blow out of the water
Blow to smithereens
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Brand
damage
Break
a butterfly on a wheel
Break
a leg
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Break
and enter ( Unlawfully enter a locked premises )
Break
bread
Break
camp
Break
cover
Break
even
Break
new ground
Break
out in a cold sweat
Break
out of the ordinary ( Nestle's Butterfinger advertising slogan )
Break
ranks
Break
sweat
Break
the back of something
Break
the bank
Break
the habit
Break
the ice
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Break
the mould
Break
the news
Break
the sound barrier
Break
through ( Cadillac advertising slogan )
Break
up
Break
wind
Break
with tradition
Break
your back
Break
your balls
Break
your heart
Break
your neck
Bring to an
end
Business
end
Can't see beyond the
end
of your nose
Cash for
trash
Cheer up, it's not the
end
of the world
Collateral
Damage
( Arnold Schwarzenegger movie )
Collateral
damage
Come to a sticky
end
Damage
limitation exercise
Dead
end
Do not fold, spindle or
mutilate
Don't
waste
your breath
Doubt is the beginning not the
end
of wisdom
Dressed to
kill
Drum
break
( A short drum solo in a song, or a form of brake on a vehicle )
End
in itself
End
of a perfect day
End
of an era
End
of story
End
of the ball game
End
of the line
End
product
End
up at
For mash get
Smash
( Cadbury's
Smash
advertising slogan )
Get hold of the wrong
end
of the stick
Get to the
end
of your tether
Get your
end
away
Give me a
break
Give me a break!
Break
me off a piece of that Kit Kat bar! ( Kit Kat chocolate advertising slogan )
Go in for the
kill
Go off the deep
end
Haste makes
waste
Hatchet job
Have a break, have a Kit Kat ( Kit Kat chocolate advertising slogan )
Have you had your
break
today? ( McDonald's advertising slogan )
Have your hair stand on
end
I'd
kill
for a cup of tea
If I tell you, I'll have to
kill
you
If looks could
kill
In at the
kill
It will all
end
in tears
It won't
break
the bank
It's The
End
Of The World As We Know It ( R.E.M. song )
Journey's
end
Keep your
end
up
Kill
Bill ( Quentin Tarantino movie )
Kill
or be killed
Kill
or cure
Kill
stone dead
Kill
the fatted calf
Kill
the goose that lays the golden egg
Kill
time
Kill
time until time kills you
Kill
two birds with one stone
Kill
with kindness
Knock spots off
Know which
end
is up
Lay
waste
to
Licence To
Kill
( James Bond movie Timothy Dalton )
Licensed to
kill
Light at the
end
of the tunnel
Lucky
break
Make a
break
for it
Make a clean
break
Makes your hair stands on
end
Mother's
ruin
Nervous
wreck
Never give a sucker an even
break
( A catchphrase from W C Fields )
Never hear the
end
of it
Ninth inning ( A baseball expression meaning an event or process is near the
end
)
No bottles to
break
- just hearts ( Arpege Perfume advertising slogan )
No
end
of
Not the beginning of the end, but the
end
of the beginning
On the receiving
end
One man's
trash
is another man's treasure
Only Love Can
Break
Your Heart ( Neil Young song )
Point
Break
( Keanu Reeves movie )
Put an
end
to
Raze to the ground
Rest up ( take a
break
from one's arduous efforts )
Road
kill
Road to
ruin
Shallow
end
Shit ( or short )
end
of the stick
Shoot down in flames ( destroy an argument or theory )
Shoot to
kill
Short
end
of the stick
Slash and burn
Slay
the dragon
Step on a crack,
break
your mother's back
Sticks and stones may
break
my bones but words will never hurt me
Stronger ( What Doesn't
Kill
You ) ( Kelly Clarkson song )
Take apart
Tear to ribbons
That which does not
kill
us makes us stronger ( Friedrich Nietzsche quotation )
The Blue
End
State ( Nickname of the US state of Delaware )
The Dutch Destroyer ( Nickname of Jaap Stam )
The
End
Of The World ( Nickname of Anchorage Alaska )
The
Waste
Land
The be all and
end
all
The beginning of the
end
The bitter
end
The deep
end
The
end
of civilization as we know it
The
end
of the road
The
end
of the world is nigh
The light at the
end
of the tunnel may just be a train coming the other way
The means to an
end
The pot of gold at the
end
of the rainbow
The shit
end
of the stick
The short
end
of the stick
The thick
end
of
The war to
end
wars
Thin
end
of the wedge
Thou shalt not
kill
Thrown in at the deep
end
Till the
end
of time
Time to
kill
To
Kill
A Mockingbird ( Gregory Peck movie )
Toward this
end
Toxic
waste
Trailer
trash
Train
wreck
Trash
talk
Waste
away
Waste
not, want not
Waste
of space
Waste
of time
Weapons of mass destruction
What's the damage?
White
trash
World without
end
Wreak havoc
Written off
You can
break
a brolly but you can't k-nacker a Knirps ( Knirps advertising slogan )
You deserve a
break
today ( McDonald's advertising slogan )