BREAKGROUND

break ground

Verb

to break ground

  1. To begin digging in the earth at the start of a new construction, or, originally, for cultivation.
    They broke ground on the new library last month.
  2. To initiate a new venture, or to advance beyond previous achievements.
    The invention breaks ground in its programming and its structure.
  3. To lift off the sea bottom when being weighed.


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