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ГНУТЬ СПИНУ1 (на кого) collЛОМАТЬ СПИНУ collГНУТЬГНУТЬ ХРЕБЕТ substandVPsubj: human to work, labor to the point of exhaustion, wear o.s. out with hard, usu. menial, work ( usu. in an attempt to earn enough money to live on, often with the implication that one is being exploited by s.o. ): X гнёт спину — X is breaking his backX is working his fingers to the boneX is working his tail off.