break with
phrasal verb
broke with; broken with; breaking with; breaks with
: to end a relationship, connection, or agreement with (someone or something)
He broke with his former friends and colleagues when he decided to support the conservative candidate.
a strong desire to break with tradition/the past
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Trump and Musk have already forged close ties with figures whose politics at least partially overlap, like Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, an immigration hardliner who attended the inauguration in a break with precedent.
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Rob Picheta, CNN, 23 Jan. 2025
More discouraging than the score, eighth-year Arkansas Coach Mike Neighbors said, was his team's energy coming off a week-long break with no games.
—Ethan Westerman, arkansasonline.com, 23 Jan. 2025
Anaheim then cut it to 3-2 at the 19:12 mark when McTavish finished a 2-on-1 break with a wrist shot inside the near post, past Bobrovsky’s glove side.
—Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2025
One of the more intriguing elements is his apparent distaste for American military interventionism — a break with the hawkish neoconservatism seen during the Bush administration, when the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan began.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 21 Jan. 2025
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Rob Picheta, CNN, 23 Jan. 2025
More discouraging than the score, eighth-year Arkansas Coach Mike Neighbors said, was his team's energy coming off a week-long break with no games.
—Ethan Westerman, arkansasonline.com, 23 Jan. 2025
Anaheim then cut it to 3-2 at the 19:12 mark when McTavish finished a 2-on-1 break with a wrist shot inside the near post, past Bobrovsky’s glove side.
—Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2025
One of the more intriguing elements is his apparent distaste for American military interventionism — a break with the hawkish neoconservatism seen during the Bush administration, when the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan began.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Break with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/break%20with. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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