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breaks containment

breaks containment is the third-person singular simple present indicative of break containment.

Meaning of break containment

Verb

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

  1. (social media) Of a post or piece of media, to be shown to a larger audience than originally intended; typically either to a non-fandom community or to an outside platform.
    • This meme broke containment when it was posted to Reddit.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see break, containment.

Questions about breaks containment

What is breaks containment the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Breaks containment is the third-person singular simple present indicative of break containment.

Words near breaks containment in the dictionary

  1. breaks bad
  2. breaks bread
  3. breaks bulk
  4. breaks camp
  5. breaks character
  6. breaks containment
  7. breaks cover
  8. breaks down
  9. breaks down to brass tacks
  10. breaks edge
  11. breaks even

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