break the deadlock

Verb

Meaning

break the deadlock (third-person singular simple present breaks the deadlock, present participle breaking the deadlock, simple past broke the deadlock, past participle broken the deadlock)

(idiomatic, sports) To score the first goal or point in a competition.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Close letter words and terms

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