"To catch a break" means to finally experience some good luck or get a positive outcome after a period of difficulty or bad luck.
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For example, cash back rewards can be helpful if I'm working to
catch a break on my monthly expenditures.
We finally
caught a break from all the rain so I packed her ball and her dog food and had a proper day out in the sun with my best friend.
It's already become a well - regarded practice among savvy reporters to construct detailed social media alert feeds in order to
catch breaking stories.
As much as I LOVE putting pieces together to create an outfit, sometimes I want to be effortless and let my
mind catch a break.
Women can't
really catch a break because ultimately the film world, like politics, is always going to be viewed through the lens of the male gaze.
After two weeks of sharp, last minute changes in the Bitcoin price, the
markets caught a break this week, with the price remaining fairly stable throughout.
I believe that taking a cat of dog who
never caught a break and giving that creature a chance at a beautiful life... well, there's nothing quite like it.
The story is superb with a great ending, especially after realizing the past 10 hours that Lara does
n't catch a break and that she is a true survivor.
The connection to classic American tough - guy movies isn't always apparent in his celebrated horror films, but it's all over the body of work he produced in relative obscurity before he
finally caught a break with Cure.
If caught breaking the law and accusing the Polish state and its people of being involved or responsible for Nazi occupation during the war, you could face up to three years in prison, or a fine.
It seems as though the Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger just can not
catch a break at the moment.
If they could just
catch a break before the end of the day, perhaps these two lovable losers can manage to keep a roof over their heads long enough to land the audition they've been waiting for.
I think Ireland
catches a break by playing Croatia in their first game, a game that they need to treat as a must win if they're to advance.
If the Chiefs can
just catch a break and for once not have several of their key players go down with an injury for the year., this offense is going to be very good
With the corporate tax rate falling from 35 percent to 21 percent — representing the biggest one - time drop in U.S. history — pass - through
businesses catching a break, and overall tax reductions -LSB-...]
As much joy as it brings me (as a work - from - home mom who never
catches a break during summer), it's also a sad reminder that my kids are growing older and my time as the most important person in their life is fleeting.
Duncan can not
catch a break even when an opportune situation presents itself as their neighbor just so happens to be a good looking girl his age, but his shy awkwardness still gets the best of him.
Too many investors have hated FIG for years now, and in the past year they also started hating the entire alternative asset management sector... what's it gonna take for shareholders to finally
catch a break here?!
The
researchers caught a break late last year when the wife of MBC Director Marcel Jaspars recalled an August 2009 article she had read in the London's Daily Mail about a team of IBM Research — Zurich scientists who had used a modified atomic force microscope (AFM) to create an image revealing all the bonds in an individual molecule.
Snap only
caught a break last week when rumors that Google was interested in acquiring it briefly perked up the share price.