break barriers
Push through limits
To break barriers is to overcome obstacles that have traditionally prevented progress or access.
The phrase usually refers to social, cultural, or institutional limits rather than physical ones: She broke barriers as the first woman in the executive suite.
Breaking barriers often implies pioneering achievement—being first to succeed where others were excluded or discouraged.
- overcomePrevail against difficulty
- shatterFragment violently, suddenly
- wallsVertical enclosing structures
- boundariesLines marking separation
- limitsImposed maximum points
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- motivational phrasesdream big, try harder, no excuses, overcome, improve
- do the impossibledefy odds, beat the odds, move mountains, miracle, feat
- success idiomshit the jackpot, strike gold, make it, rags to riches, come out on top
- going all outgo all out, max out, go hard, full throttle, all in
break barriersobstruct
Block or hinder passage
hinder · thwart · stonewall · stand in the way · bottleneck
break barriersexclude
Bar from participation
shut out · keep out · gatekeep · discriminate · marginalize
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