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Break a leg: meaning and use in English

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Say break a leg to wish a performer success before a performance, audition, or similar event: 'Break a leg in your audition tomorrow!' It is a friendly idiom, not a warning or a wish that someone gets hurt. Use good luck when the person or setting may not understand the idiom.

Before the concert, Nia's brother said, 'Break a leg on stage tonight!'
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