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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Example Sentences

Castillo had hosted a breakfast with family members and media in his home district after the election, with many of the men wearing the same distinct pale, broad-rimmed hat and breaking bread together.

From Reuters

After mixing it up on the field, both teams clink beers and break bread together.

From Los Angeles Times

In the hours before Mr. Biden’s encounter with Mr. Putin, his aides made clear that they would not break bread, and that the meetings would be formal ones.

From New York Times

In the hours before Biden’s encounter with Putin, his aides made clear that they would not break bread, and that the meetings would be formal ones.

From Seattle Times

It was in his home district where the leftist voted and where he hosted media at a breakfast with family members, many wearing the same distinct pale, broad-rimmed hat and breaking bread together.

From Reuters