break with

English

Verb

break with (third-person singular simple present breaks with, present participle breaking with, simple past broke with, past participle broken with)

  1. To cease having a positive connection with (a person, group, movement, etc).
    Synonym: break from
    • 2001, Timothy Taylor, Stanley Park‎[1], Counterpoint paperback, published 2003, →ISBN, page 363:
      "You see, Ferdinand Point was the first wave in a culinary revolution," Jeremy went on. "He broke with French formality; he broke with fat and weighty flavours. He kicked free of the past […] "
  2. (archaic) To divulge one's secrets, thoughts, or intentions to; to discuss something with.

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