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lunch break 

Any pause from work during the typical lunch-time periods, traditionally between 11 am and 1 pm local time.
The break need not include an actual meal to be qualified as a "lunch" break; this only signifies the time and not necessarily the actions taken during the break. Lunch breaks can be as short as 5 minutes and as long as 2 hours, if your employeer allows you to get away with that kind of thing.
Can you believe it? He took a 2 hour lunch break and didn't even bother to eat lunch!
lunch break by Iknow Itall February 17, 2005

preemptive break up 

A tactical move that involves a guy breaking up with a girl who he is not dating. The girl has confused their regular encounters and his enjoyment of them as romantic interest. The male, realizing that if keeps on hanging out with her he will be accused of "leading her on" even though he never had any romantic intentions at all, decides that he must tell her he doesn't have any interest. So without actually dating her, he is forced to break up with her, receiving all of the stress and crap of a relationship without having ever had any of the benefits, just so he won't be villainized for several months.
Jack - "Uhh Sue... it seems to me that you might like me... and well... uhhh... I just wanted you to know that I don't like you".

(extremely awkward moment)

Sue - "Oh"
Jack - "Sorry, I know this must feel like a preemptive break up, but I didn't want you to think I was... leading you on or anything"
preemptive break up by Devin Hush December 4, 2007

Bird Break 

When you have a couple minutes of downtime, like waiting for a kid's bus, clear a couple levels of Angry Birds.
I was waiting for the bus and I thought I should waste some time playing Angry Birds. Hmmm. I need a "Bird Break"
Bird Break by Hammertime Rochester October 20, 2011

edge break 

noun
verb: "breaking edge".
A phrase derived from the term straight edge, meaning to abandon the straight edge lifestyle.
1) I saw Bob commiting edge break. He was drinking beer.
2) He surely will break edge once he is 21 years old.
edge break by _xVx_ March 14, 2012

Take a break

When urban dictionary doesn’t let you crush any more people’s dreams by blocking their definitions (just kidding, I publish all of them that aren’t personal vendettas or horrible)
Take a break by MLB lover 2020 March 10, 2019

Dutch Tea Break 

To have a wank at work
"I just saw Gary taking a porn mag in to the toilets with him."
"Well he must be having a Dutch tea break, the dirty little man"