Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Resulting in great success or utter failure: a make-or-break investment plan.
Wiktionary
- adj. resulting in either success or failure.
Examples
“Which is why he's not obsessing over the fact that "Thor" has been described as make-or-break for his directing career.”
“High-level climate talks, due to start in Durban on November 28 under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, are being called a make-or-break meeting for legally binding carbon emission reduction targets. ...”
“Shaida Mohammad Abdali, Mr. Karzai's deputy national security adviser, recently called civilian casualties a "make-or-break" issue.”
“•Coaching staff: Campbell and the offense must make a leap forward under Zorn, who might be facing a make-or-break year under an owner with a famously itchy trigger finger.”
“KABUL, Afghanistan — It's make-or-break time in Afghanistan.”
The Huffington Post: Afghan War Enters 10th Year With Uncertain Future Under Obama
“The rally was also tacit recognition that the split between white voters across class, income, and age, lines is real and potentially a make-or-break point for the Democrats.”
The Huffington Post: Earl Ofari Hutchinson: The New Civil War Among Whites
“At the same time, the new age of the single might even help musicians take more artistic chances: The investment in time and money is so much less for a single that artists may be able to take risks with individual tracks that they were not able to do with the big make-or-break discs.”
The Wall Street Journal: Singles Might Save the Music Industry
“The Pre is being viewed as a potential make-or-break rollout for Sprint.”
“Yesterday at the White House, President Obama called the next few months a “make-or-break period” for health-care legislation in Congress.”
“If this is a make-or-break issue for you, you have a few options.”
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