break a record | FundéuRAE

Dictionary Networks indicates that the noun record can be built with verbs like reach, beat, achieve, pulverize o overcomeamong others, while the Dictionary of Americanisms records that in Chile the verb to break. However, although it appears to be a calque of English to break a recordit is widely used in some countries break a recordwhich could be used in the sixth meaning of this verb, which is ‘to cross the boundary, limit or term that is set, or to get out of it’.