break with

verb

1. (intr, preposition) to end a relationship or association with (someone or an organization or social group)

Idioms and Phrases

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.

Depart from, reject, as in The couple broke with tradition and decided to write their own marriage vows . [Late 1800s]

Example Sentences

The visitors stayed in the game thanks to France's poor discipline, conceding eight penalties in the first half, and went in at the break with the score 19-19 after Faessler's second try.

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It was after a summer break with the family that she decided not to return to politics.

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Gertrude Stein, Virginia Woolf and their contemporaries produced wildly different books with one thing in common: the belief that writers needed to break with the old.

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Yet it was Kurosawa’s momentous break with Mifune following the filming of “Red Beard” in the mid-1960s that later led to Mr. Nakadai being offered leading roles by the great director.

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The move would signal a break with key pledges made ahead of the 2024 election while expanding the government’s margin for error, or headroom, as it seeks to meet self-imposed fiscal rules.

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Related Words

• ditch 
• reject 
• renounce