Meaning of the word "break the back of" in English

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break the back of

US /breɪk ðə bæk əv/
UK /breɪk ðə bæk əv/
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Idiom

1.

to complete the main or hardest part of a task

Example:
Once we break the back of this report, the rest will be easy.
It took a long time, but I finally broke the back of the coding project.
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