break the deadlock

基本解释

They broke the deadlock when Wayne Rooney slipped in Ryan Giggs to slot home and Rooney doubled the advantage by firing in a Javier Hernandez pass.
正是鲁尼的助攻使得吉格斯破门得分，进而打破了长久以来的僵局，随后，他接赫尔南德斯的传球后亲自操刀，又进一步的扩大了优势。
Berbatov broke the deadlock before being substituted along with Rooney, and Sir Alex confirmed that the Bulgarian had suffered a recurrence of his troublesome knee injury.
贝巴在和鲁尼一起被换下之前打开僵局，弗格森爵士确认保加利亚人的膝盖有伤。
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After we broke the deadlock, we were then able to make the most of the extra space.
在我们打破僵局后，我们随即充分利用了更大的空间。

That not only broke the deadlock, says Nunez, but also got strong buy-in from the executives.
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