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"break under" is a correct and usable phrase in written English
It is used to describe someone or something succumbing to pressure, stress, or a difficult situation. Here is an example: The young girl had been trying to hold back her tears, but she finally broke under the weight of her father's harsh words.
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The tools usually break under pressure.
Eve grownups break under long strain.
Maybe the euro zone won't break under the strain.
The Army, he repeatedly warned, could break under the strain.
Will not break under any torture," he said.
This means that our box is strong and not rigid enough to break under strong force.
Similar to the old Bretton Woods system, such a government-run peg would break under stress.
Supporting plants break under the weight or die from excessive shading.
Long steel cables, he noted, can break under their own immense weight.
Cooks break under the weight of devising a thousand variations on macaroni and cheese.
The shapes of things shatter and break under his restless gaze.
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