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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Star running back Saquon Barkley needs just 30 rushing yards in the Super Bowl to break the record for most rushing yards in a season, with regular season and postseason combined.
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Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 27 Jan. 2025
If confirmed, that would break the record of 5 inches previously set in 2010.
—David Chiu, People.com, 23 Jan. 2025
Fuelled by the debut of the new generation Nissan Z in 2022, Hartford's idea to break the record evolved and in the summer of 2023, Nissan provided a new Nissan Z and a Nissan GT-R, the latter being a parts car, and gave her just 57 days to complete the build; a build that typically takes one year.
—Matthew MacConnell, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
But in the final minutes of the last game of the 2001 season, New York Giants star Michael Strahan was credited with a sack of then Green Bay Packers QB Favre to break the record with 22.5.
—Ben Morse, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
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Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 27 Jan. 2025
If confirmed, that would break the record of 5 inches previously set in 2010.
—David Chiu, People.com, 23 Jan. 2025
Fuelled by the debut of the new generation Nissan Z in 2022, Hartford's idea to break the record evolved and in the summer of 2023, Nissan provided a new Nissan Z and a Nissan GT-R, the latter being a parts car, and gave her just 57 days to complete the build; a build that typically takes one year.
—Matthew MacConnell, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
But in the final minutes of the last game of the 2001 season, New York Giants star Michael Strahan was credited with a sack of then Green Bay Packers QB Favre to break the record with 22.5.
—Ben Morse, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Break the record.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/break%20the%20record. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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