break with

verb

broke with; broken with; breaking with; breaks with

: to end a relationship, connection, or agreement with (someone or something)

He broke with his former friends and colleagues when he decided to support the conservative candidate.

a strong desire to break with tradition/the past

Examples of break with in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Service Employees International Union — which represents numerous CPS support staffers — also endorsed Biggs in a break with the Chicago Teachers Union, which endorsed its former political coordinator, Hilario Dominguez. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026

But this is a major break with precedent of all of our previous presidents. — ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026

The surprise of the election is not that Republicans, faced with terrible polling numbers and a historically unpopular war, would break with a President from their party. — Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2026

Hatcher is not the first Republican to publicly break with the president on the beef imports. — Hailey Bullis, The Washington Examiner, 23 Sep. 2026