break the record
idiom
: to perform better than anyone or anything else or to achieve something no other person or thing has achieved
He broke the record for the high jump.
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Saquon Barkley Forman: Saquon Barkley had a banner first season as an Eagle: MVP finalist, likely to break the record for all-time rushing yards, recently engaged.
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Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 6 Feb. 2025
Monday likely won’t break the record for the coldest inauguration though, which happened in 1985 when the temperature hit -2 degrees the day of Ronald Reagan’s second swearing in.
—Molly Bohannon, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Somebody has to explain to me how Oregon had to play Ohio State in the second round of the tournament and Penn State got to play Boise State.
Put me down as being somebody who wanted Saquon to break the record.
—Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 4 Jan. 2025
Star running back Saquon Barkley needs just 30 rushing yards in the Super Bowl to break the record for most rushing yards in a season, with regular season and postseason combined.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 27 Jan. 2025
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Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 6 Feb. 2025
Monday likely won’t break the record for the coldest inauguration though, which happened in 1985 when the temperature hit -2 degrees the day of Ronald Reagan’s second swearing in.
—Molly Bohannon, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Somebody has to explain to me how Oregon had to play Ohio State in the second round of the tournament and Penn State got to play Boise State.
Put me down as being somebody who wanted Saquon to break the record.
—Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 4 Jan. 2025
Star running back Saquon Barkley needs just 30 rushing yards in the Super Bowl to break the record for most rushing yards in a season, with regular season and postseason combined.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 27 Jan. 2025
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