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breaking with

breaking with is the present participle and gerund of break with.

Meaning of break with

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]...

Questions about breaking with

What is breaking with the present participle and gerund of?
Breaking with is the present participle and gerund of break with.

Words near breaking with in the dictionary

  1. breaking water
  2. breaking wedlock
  3. breaking wheel
  4. breaking wheels
  5. breaking wind
  6. breaking with
  7. breaking with tradition
  8. breakingly
  9. breakings
  10. breakle
  11. breakless

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