break one's neck

[break one's neck] {v. phr.}, {slang} To do all you possibly can; try your hardest. — Usually used with a limiting adverb or negative.

/John nearly broke his neck trying not to be late to school./

/Mother asked Mary to go to the store when she was free, but not to break her neck over it./

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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