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What's "break heart" mean?

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Rebecca

To "break one's heart" means to make one sad. Or to cause someone sadness because of an ending of a relationship, or they don't like you back. Ex: Seeing the kitten without its mother broke my heat. Ex: She broke his heart by breaking up with him. Ex: Please don't break my heart.

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