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broken ranks

broken ranks is the past participle of break ranks.

Meaning of break ranks

Verb

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

  1. To march or charge out of the designated order in a military unit.
  2. (idiomatic) To publicly disagree with one's own group or organization.

Questions about broken ranks

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

Words near broken ranks in the dictionary

  1. broken pipe
  2. broken pipes
  3. broken plural
  4. broken plurals
  5. broken power law
  6. broken ranks
  7. broken record
  8. broken records
  9. broken reed
  10. broken reeds
  11. broken rhyme

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