Verb
break 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)
(US, slang) To dance, especially in a hip hop style.
When you have a big problem to solve, break it down to smaller ones first. Siddharth Katragadda
The door is locked, Captain." "Then I'll break it down." "It is a shrine." "Then I'll say a prayer of forgiveness after I've knocked it down. Bernard Cornwell
In teaching color, you teach people how to look something and see the tone in it and break it down to be able to paint it and reproduce that color. But then, I'm psychedelic, so I look at color differently. I like colors that are in contrast with one another, so that they flicker back and forth. John Van Hamersveld
My father instilled in me the attitude of prevailing. If there's a challenge, go for it. If there's a wall to break down, break it down. Donny Osmond
If you do not accuse each other, God will not accuse you. If you have no accuser you will enter heaven. What many people call sin is not sin; I do many things to break down superstition, and I will break it down. Joseph Smith
When you're in a relationship, if you just break it down to regular terms, people are attracted to something, and that's what they want you to be, and that's what you should just be, and for me, it's very simple - if I meet a girl and I say, 'This is what I like about you. Just continue. Every day.' Marilyn Manson