break it down

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break it down (third-person singular simple present breaks it down, present participle breaking it down, simple past broke it down, past participle broken it down)

1. (US, slang) To dance, especially in a hip hop style.
   • 2006, “The Hollywood reporter, Volume 395”, in Hollywood Reporter Inc., page 16:

     […] Renee Victor breaking it down on the dance floor beneath a hanging decoration that looked like a bunch of enormous joints.

   • 2010, Christine Mills, Mahler Mills Christy Mahler Mills, No Regrets, iUniverse, p. 119:

     Actually, the stain wasn't even very noticeable while we were breaking it down on the dance floor.