whoa break
v. phr.— «If Lantz could “whoa break” my 3-year-old son as well as he did the pups, I would be glad to pay the training bill.» —“Quail season off to good start” by Bob Bledsoe Tulsa Tribune (Oklahoma) Nov. 27, 1991. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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