How do native English speakers say "give me a break"?

Native speakers reduce "give me a break" to "gimme a break" (ˈɡɪmi ə breɪk) in natural speech. An idiom used to express disbelief, annoyance, or to ask someone to stop being unreasonable or unfair.

give me a break → gimme a break | Reduction

Q: What is the connected speech form of "give me a break"?

"give me a break" becomes "gimme a break" — a reduction pattern. This is a common reduction where 'give me' is pronounced as 'gimme'. It happens very frequently in informal spoken English.

give me a break → gimme a break ˈɡɪmi ə breɪk Reduction

An idiom used to express disbelief, annoyance, or to ask someone to stop being unreasonable or unfair.

This is a common reduction where 'give me' is pronounced as 'gimme'. It happens very frequently in informal spoken English.

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give me a break → gimme a break

ˈɡɪmi ə breɪk

An idiom used to express disbelief, annoyance, or to ask someone to stop being unreasonable or unfair.

This is a common reduction where 'give me' is pronounced as 'gimme'. It happens very frequently in informal spoken English.

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Example 1

Oh, come on, give me a break! You can't be serious.

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Example 2

I've been working all day; gimme a break with these extra tasks.

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Example 3

Gimme a break, I just started learning this!

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Example 4

Gimme a break, I only slept two hours last night!

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Example 5

He thinks he's a genius? Gimme a break, he copied half his answers.

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give me a break → gimme a break