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even break

noun as in fair shake

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Annie embodied self-determination; as her adoptive “Daddy” put it, “Annie doesn’t need charity—just give her an even break and she’ll do the rest.”

From Slate

“Unfortunately our current health care system has made it extremely difficult for pharmacies to stay profitable or even break even,” Standiford said.

District Court for the District of Columbia, Amit P. Mehta, will deliver a ruling that could change the way Google does business or even break up the company — or absolve the tech giant completely.

Indeed, it could even break the case wide open, for if “that cooperation is fulsome, it could lead to a situation where people he is able to testify against become highly motivated to cooperate as well.”

From Salon

At this rate, he is looking as if he could even break all the win records he set last year.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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