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break with

break with verb: to cease having a positive connection with (a person, group, movement, etc).

Verb

break with (third-person singular simple present breaks with, present participle breaking with, simple past broke with, past participle broken with)

  1. To cease having a positive connection with (a person, group, movement, etc).
    • "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, Counterpoint paperback, published 2003, →ISBN, page 363
    Synonyms:
    break from
  2. (archaic) To divulge one's secrets, thoughts, or intentions to; to discuss something with.
    • 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!1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Synonyms of break with

Forms of break with

third-person singular presentbreaks with
present participlebreaking with
pastbroke with
past participlebroken with

Questions about break with

What does break with mean?
Break with means to cease having a positive connection with (a person, group, movement, etc).
What part of speech is break with?
Break with is a verb.
What is the past tense of break with?
The past tense of break with is broke with.

Words near break with in the dictionary

  1. break upon the wheel
  2. break ups
  3. break water
  4. break wedlock
  5. break wind
  6. break with
  7. break with tradition
  8. break-ax
  9. break-axe
  10. break-axes
  11. break-bones

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