break a strikeBELSTOP WORKING/GO ON STRIKEto force workers to end a strike 迫使罢工结束 The government has threatened to bring in the army to break the 10-month-old strike. 政府威胁要调派军队来结束这场历时十个月的罢工。
break a strike• The company has threatened to hire 700 new workers in order to break the 10-month-old strike.
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