break bread

Idioms  

1. Have a meal, eat. For example, It's hard to remain enemies when you've broken bread together. This term occurs in numerous places in the New Testament, where it sometimes means to share bread and other times to distribute food to others. In later usage it came to refer to the sacramental bread of Communion in Christian services. The latter survives in the spiritual hymn, “Let Us Break Bread Together.” [1300s]

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break bread

We could break bread with New York’s famous bagels, except the New York Times told us we have the better bagels.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026

“It was clear he had mastered how to build ties and create an atmosphere where people could break bread together and felt like they were getting access to him,” Stroul said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026

In fact, he said there were "beautiful interactions" as the group from the mosque were able to "break bread" and listen to some people's concerns in "deep conversations".

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2024

Indeed, there’s seemingly no one with whom Khanna won’t break bread or, should things have gone sour, patch things up.

From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2024

Gathered there were individuals from all over the world, from all walks of life, come to break bread and say a few prayers together.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda