BREAK WITH (SOMEBODY/SOMETHING)


Meaning of BREAK WITH (SOMEBODY/SOMETHING) in English

break with somebody/something phrasal verb ( see also ↑ break )

1 . to leave a group of people or an organization, especially because you have had a disagreement with them:

She had broken with her family years ago.

They broke with the Communist Party and set up a new party.

2 . break with tradition/the past to stop following old customs and do something in a completely different way:

Now is the time to break with the past.

His work broke with tradition in many ways.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.