break faith with

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: to stop supporting or being loyal to (someone) : to betray (someone)

He has accused the government of breaking faith with its supporters.

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Cancelling the concert, though, would break faith with the people Farm Aid was meant to serve. — Alex Abramovich, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025 Doing so would break faith with the partners that bought into the doctrine of trade liberalization. — Ryan Hass, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023

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