break from (someone or something)
idiom
: to end a relationship, connection, or agreement with (someone or something)
She recently broke from the organization she helped found.
breaking from tradition/stereotypes
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For a break from the anxiety bubble that is 2025, try a movie that leaves the fighting up to a fictional prez on the big screen.
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Julie Hinds, Freep.com, 3 July 2025
After Back to the Future, Wells was a recurring cast member on Off the Rack and Fast Times before taking a break from acting in 1986.
—Kate Hogan, People.com, 3 July 2025
Fitzgerald is said to have frequented the hotel to imbibe in its infamous Rathskeller bar while on break from Louisville’s Camp Taylor, where he was stationed in 1918 during World War I.
—Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
Those renovations appeared to be a go as of December when the team asked for, and received, a sales tax break from the Ohio General Assembly for these renovations.
—Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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Julie Hinds, Freep.com, 3 July 2025
After Back to the Future, Wells was a recurring cast member on Off the Rack and Fast Times before taking a break from acting in 1986.
—Kate Hogan, People.com, 3 July 2025
Fitzgerald is said to have frequented the hotel to imbibe in its infamous Rathskeller bar while on break from Louisville’s Camp Taylor, where he was stationed in 1918 during World War I.
—Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
Those renovations appeared to be a go as of December when the team asked for, and received, a sales tax break from the Ohio General Assembly for these renovations.
—Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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“Break from (someone or something).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/break%20from%20%28someone%20or%20something%29. Accessed 17 Jul. 2025.
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