Question

AmE, IDIOM: to end the domination of something over something; to reduce the power of something

Accepted Answer

The government has worked for years to BREAK THE BACK OF organized crime. / The new medicine should BREAK THE BACK OF the epidemic.

Front	AmE, IDIOM: to end the domination of something over something; to reduce the power of something
Back	The government has worked for years to BREAK THE BACK OF organized crime. / The new medicine should BREAK THE BACK OF the epidemic.

Break Back Ame Idiom End Domination Reduce Power