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Ann225 Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Break down for a lead

Hi,

What does it mean to ‘break down for a lead’?

I came across it in an article about a tennis match. I’ve never seen ‘break down’ used in a positive way, so I’m a bit baffled.

Hope you can clear it up for me.

Thank you.

  

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What are the two or three previous sentences, please?

— Clive

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What are the two or three previous sentences, please?

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break down usually refers to something that fails or is not successful.

a lead usually is a good thing.

It's hard to think of an example where it would make sense to use these rather contradictory terms.

Clive

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