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| break down vi phrasal | (machine: stop working) | kapot gaan, stuk gaan onoverg.ww |
| Opmerking: The single-word form is used when the term is a noun. |
| | The car broke down on the way home. |
| break down vi phrasal | figurative (person: cry) | in huilen uitbarsten frase |
| | Stella broke down when the police told her about her husband's accident. |
| break down vi phrasal | figurative (collapse, become weak) (figuurlijk) | instorten onoverg.ww |
| | The union called a strike after talks broke down over retirement benefits. |
break [sth] down,
break down [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (door, wall: knock down) (deur) | intrappen overg.ww |
| | | slopen overg.ww |
| | (muur) | neerhalen, afbreken overg.ww |
| | The police broke down the door when they raided the house. |
| break [sth] down vtr phrasal sep | (substance: disintegrate) (v.e. stof) | afbreken overg.ww |
| | Alcohol wordt voornamelijk afgebroken door de lever. |
break [sth] down,
break down [sth] vtr phrasal sep | figurative (analyze) (figuurlijk) | opsplitsen overg.ww |
| | | analyseren overg.ww |
| | We can break down the process into a number of separate stages. |
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WordReference English-Dutch Dictionary © 2026:
| kapot gaan bn+ww | (stuk gaan) | break vi |
| | | break down vi phrasal |
| in elkaar storten onoverg. uitdr. | figuurlijk (v. persoon, psychisch) (figurative) | collapse vi |
| | (figurative) | break down vi phrasal |
begeven,
zich begeven onoverg.ww | (stukgaan) | break down vi phrasal |
| | | collapse vi |