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break_with
break with
English
Verb
break with (third-person singular simple present breaks with, present participle breaking with, simple past broke with, past participle broken with)
- Used other than as an idiom: see break, with.
- His bones were broken with a club.
- To cease having a positive connection with (a person, group, movement, etc).
- 2001, Timothy Taylor, Stanley Park, 2003 Counterpoint paperback edition, ISBN 1582432902, page 363 :
- "You see, Ferdinand Point was the first wave in a culinary revolution," Jeremy went on. "He broke with French formality; he broke with fat and weighty flavours. He kicked free of the past […] "
- 2001, Timothy Taylor, Stanley Park, 2003 Counterpoint paperback edition, ISBN 1582432902, page 363 :
- (archaic) To divulge one's secrets, thoughts or intentions, to discuss something with somebody.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 2 Scene 1
- Here, Claudio, I have wooed in thy name, and fair Hero is won; I have broke with her father, and, his good will obtained; name the day of marriage, and God give thee joy!
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 2 Scene 1