break the record
idiom
: to perform better than anyone or anything else or to achieve something no other person or thing has achieved
He broke the record for the high jump.
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The Sox swept that series and didn’t break the record for losses until the next day in Detroit.
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Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
With 18 games remaining in the season for the Capitals, Ovechkin is on pace to break the record before the season ends.
—Homero De La Fuente, CNN, 9 Mar. 2025
Would Timothee Chalamet break the record for youngest best actor winner, which was previously set by category peer Adrien Brody?
—Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
His four-stud brick was the first to break the record, which had been set in 2017 by microscopic artist Willard Wigan (who inspired Lindon to start making tiny art).
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
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Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
With 18 games remaining in the season for the Capitals, Ovechkin is on pace to break the record before the season ends.
—Homero De La Fuente, CNN, 9 Mar. 2025
Would Timothee Chalamet break the record for youngest best actor winner, which was previously set by category peer Adrien Brody?
—Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
His four-stud brick was the first to break the record, which had been set in 2017 by microscopic artist Willard Wigan (who inspired Lindon to start making tiny art).
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for break the record
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“Break the record.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/break%20the%20record. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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