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broken character

broken character is the past participle of break character.

Meaning of break character

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To fail to act as a certain character; to be or act out of character.
    • Once Lynne and I realized that Jim was going to approach the role of Kaufman in a “method acting,” Kaufmanesque kind of way—i.e., he would become Andy or Tony Clifton for the entire shoot, never breaking character […]2014, Bob Zmuda, Lynne Margulies, Andy Kaufman: The Truth, Finally, BenBella Books, →ISBN, page 43

Questions about broken character

What is broken character the past participle of?
Broken character is the past participle of break character.

Words near broken character in the dictionary

  1. broken breast
  2. broken breasts
  3. Broken Britain
  4. broken bulk
  5. broken camp
  6. broken character
  7. broken chord
  8. broken chords
  9. broken clouds
  10. broken consort
  11. broken consorts

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