Usually means: Strive extremely hard; exert oneself.
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  1. break one's neck: Merriam-Webster
  2. break one's neck: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. break one's neck, break one's neck: Collins English Dictionary
  4. break one's neck, break ones neck: Dictionary.com
  5. break one's neck: Wiktionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (break one's neck)

verb:  (idiomatic) To make extraordinary efforts to achieve an end; to exert oneself in pursuit of a goal.
verb:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see break, neck.


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