break with
Britishverb
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Separate from, sever relations with. For example, On this issue the prime minister was forced to break with his cabinet . [Late 1500s] Also see break off , def. 2 and 3.
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Depart from, reject, as in The couple broke with tradition and decided to write their own marriage vows . [Late 1800s]
Example Sentences
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Mr. Amodei broke with his competitors by endorsing a Biden executive order that imposed federal oversight of AI models.
The nationalistic shift and threats to supply chains have persuaded Europe to break with its traditional willingness to rely on foreign military suppliers, too.
The only glitch in the matrix: Rubio was not planning to bring any reporters on his plane, in a rare break with decades of precedent for US secretaries of state.
From Barron's
The announcement marks a formal break with the university with which Summers had been associated since he was a graduate student.
It took violence, punitive taxes, the Intolerable Acts and more to spur Americans to take the extraordinary step of breaking with Britain.
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