catch a break AmE

Finally near the end of the set, he caught a break.

Why can't he ever catch a break from the press?

One of these days I've got to catch a break.

Every team needs to catch a break at some point in time.

But 1999 may well turn out to be the year when the fish finally caught a break.

Then, 19 years after her attack, the police caught a break.

It sounds like we may have just caught a break.

And a few parts of the country might catch a break next year.

But it’s one thing to catch a break and quite another to know what to do with it.

And we expect to catch a break from this man?

We caught a break without any doubt, but you've still got to go play it and I thought our focus was good.

New York's capital city can't seem to catch a break.

Just another day of trying to catch a break and make some forward progress!

The Angels caught a break in the top of the 13th.

Will he be able to catch a break in the perception department?

And they catch a break next week, playing the Rams.

We might have caught a break on the tour bus.

Though we had to catch a break sooner or later.

"I want her to catch a break," the first friend said.

This sport either can't catch a break or doesn't know how.

More generally, the networks just need to catch a break.

This time, however, the residents at 972 Anderson caught a break.

Billie just can't seem to catch a break these days.

"We just can't seem to catch a break," one government official said.

He caught a break, considering the hour, and had the elevator to himself.