broke bread

phrase

past tense of break bread

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Recent Examples of broke bread Milena Canonero’s Oscar-winning costumes dress mannequins modeled on Kirsten Dunst and Jason Schwartzman, positioned beneath historical portraits and busts in the very rooms where the real figures once danced and broke bread. — Ben Croll, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026

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“Broke bread.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/broke%20bread. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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