Usually means: Allow someone relief or leniency.
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  1. give someone a break: Merriam-Webster
  2. give someone a break: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. give someone a break: Wiktionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (give someone a break)

verb:  (idiomatic) To allow someone a rest.
verb:  (idiomatic, imperative) To stop harassing or demanding from someone.
verb:  (idiomatic) To provide someone with an opportunity for significant advancement.
verb:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see give, a, break.

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