break the duck

== English == === Etymology === From cricket, where duck means a score of zero. === Pronunciation === === Verb === break one's duck (third-person singular simple present breaks one's duck, present participle breaking one's duck, simple past broke one's duck, past participle broken one's duck) (cricket) To score one's first run in an innings. (idiomatic, British, by extension) To do something for the first time.