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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But Monet also injected some of that positive, punchy energy through transitions between chapter breaks with more poetic group shots and visual art with spoken word, stand-up, and speeches by Black women underneath.
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Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2024
Meanwhile, the political pressure around the legal rulings in the case was so strong, the nation’s high court broke with its tradition of barring electronic recordings.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
Harris has been interrupted at campaign stops and rallies across the country by demonstrators calling on her to break with President Joe Biden and support an arms embargo on Israel.
—By Nik Popli/east Lansing, Mich., TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
Indeed, there was an entire school of leftist economics known as dependency theory, and some of its followers argued that developing countries should break with international capitalism entirely.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2024
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Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2024
Meanwhile, the political pressure around the legal rulings in the case was so strong, the nation’s high court broke with its tradition of barring electronic recordings.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
Harris has been interrupted at campaign stops and rallies across the country by demonstrators calling on her to break with President Joe Biden and support an arms embargo on Israel.
—By Nik Popli/east Lansing, Mich., TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
Indeed, there was an entire school of leftist economics known as dependency theory, and some of its followers argued that developing countries should break with international capitalism entirely.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Break with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/break%20with. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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