break from (someone or something)
idiom
: to end a relationship, connection, or agreement with (someone or something)
She recently broke from the organization she helped found.
breaking from tradition/stereotypes
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Trump's openness to change reflects the reality that a one-bill proposal is a break from the two-package deal Senate Majority Leader John Thune and other Republicans have laid out.
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Lalee Ibssa, ABC News, 6 Jan. 2025
The easy-to-watch shows also provide viewers with a break from scripted TV, which has become more complex and intense in the streaming era.
—Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
Her approach is a clean break from the 19th-century tradition of American landscape art, in which de facto propagandists like Albert Bierstadt and Thomas Cole depicted land as radiant and virginal, the birthright of any colonial buccaneer drunk on Manifest Destiny.
—Jeremy Lybarger, ARTnews.com, 6 Jan. 2025
In recent years, the awards show has disclosed its hosting plans by the turn of the new year, making 2025 a bit of a break from recent tradition.
—Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
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Lalee Ibssa, ABC News, 6 Jan. 2025
The easy-to-watch shows also provide viewers with a break from scripted TV, which has become more complex and intense in the streaming era.
—Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
Her approach is a clean break from the 19th-century tradition of American landscape art, in which de facto propagandists like Albert Bierstadt and Thomas Cole depicted land as radiant and virginal, the birthright of any colonial buccaneer drunk on Manifest Destiny.
—Jeremy Lybarger, ARTnews.com, 6 Jan. 2025
In recent years, the awards show has disclosed its hosting plans by the turn of the new year, making 2025 a bit of a break from recent tradition.
—Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
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“Break from (someone or something).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/break%20from%20%28someone%20or%20something%29. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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