break it down

verb

To dance, especially in a hip hop style.

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Meanings

verbbreak it down (third-person singular simple present breaks it down, present participle breaking it down, simple past broke it down, past participle broken it down)

present singular third person breaks it down · participle present breaking it down · past broke it down · participle past broken it down

  1. USslangTo dance, especially in a hip hop style.

    Actually, the stain wasn't even very noticeable while we were breaking it down on the dance floor.

    2010, Christine Mills, Mahler Mills Christy Mahler Mills, No Regrets, iUniverse, p. 119
    1 more example

    […] Renee Victor breaking it down on the dance floor beneath a hanging decoration that looked like a bunch of enormous joints.

    2006, “The Hollywood reporter, Volume 395”, in Hollywood Reporter Inc., page 16
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