break with

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Verb

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

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see break,‎ with.
    His bones were broken with a club.
  2. To cease having a positive connection with (a person, group, movement, etc).
    Synonym: break from
    • 2001, Timothy Taylor, Stanley Park, Counterpoint paperback, published 2003, →ISBN, page 363:
      "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 [] "
  3. (archaic) To divulge one's secrets, thoughts, or intentions to; to discuss something with.
    • 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :
      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!

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