breast the tape

English

Verb

breast the tape (third-person singular simple present breasts the tape, present participle breasting the tape, simple past and past participle breasted the tape)

1. (UK, athletics) To win a race by hitting the tape with the chest

   Synonym: hit the tape

Further reading

• “breast the tape”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.