Break and Listen

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Break

Break verb - To fail to keep.
Usage example: had broken his promise not to share their conversation with anyone
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Listen is an antonym for break.
Nearby Words: breach, breakdown, breaking, breakup, breakable

Listen

Listen verb - To pay attention especially through the act of hearing.
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Synonyms for Listen
Antonyms for Listen
Break is an antonym for listen.
Nearby Words: listening, listened, listener
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Common collocations

heart break heart listen heart
people break people listen people
time break time listen time
way break way listen way
Other words: times.

Both words in one sentence

  • Western Animation / BoJack Horseman At first it's Princess Carolyn, but after they break up it's Diane, whom he thinks he's in love with only because she's hired to listen to him talk about himself.
    Source: Western Animation / BoJack Horseman
  • Enkidu doesn't listen to what Gilgamesh says and manages to break every single piece of advice that Gilgamesh gave him.
    Source: Literature / The Epic of Gilgamesh
  • Max is furious at the truth and does her best to break up with Dekes who refuses to listen.
    Source: Secretly Wealthy
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