Break somebody of the smoking habit.
He had the misfortune to break his leg.
2.1. rest; pause: a lunch~
2.2 short holiday: a weekend~
2.3. interruption or end of sth that has existed for a long time: a~with tradition
2.4. space or gap between two or more things
2.5 (informal) piece of luck that leads to success: a lucky ~
2.6 place where something, especially a bone is broken
[IDM2] 2.1 break of day/dawn (literary) = moment in the early hours of the morning when it begins to get light make a break for something/for it run towards something in order to try and escape