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broken the fourth wall

broken the fourth wall is the past participle of break the fourth wall.

Meaning of break the fourth wall

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To apparently communicate with reality directly, such as when characters of literature comment on the existence of a reader.

Questions about broken the fourth wall

What is broken the fourth wall the past participle of?
Broken the fourth wall is the past participle of break the fourth wall.

Words near broken the fourth wall in the dictionary

  1. broken telephone
  2. broken the back of
  3. broken the bank
  4. broken the cycle
  5. broken the deadlock
  6. broken the fourth wall
  7. broken the ice
  8. broken the internet
  9. broken the internets
  10. broken the interwebs
  11. broken the mold

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