break with
Cut ties from
To break with is to end a relationship or association, especially by rejecting something previously accepted.
You break with tradition, break with convention, break with the past.
Someone breaks with a political party, a religious group, or an old friend: She finally broke with her mentor over creative differences.
The phrase emphasizes a deliberate severing rather than a gradual drifting apart.
- partPiece of whole
- part waysMutually go separate directions
- apostasyRenunciation of former beliefs
- dissentDisagreement with authority
- separateTo set apart
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