breaks with
Severs ties with
Breaks with means to separate from or reject a connection, tradition, or relationship.
Someone who breaks with their family cuts off contact; a politician who breaks with their party abandons its positions.
The phrase emphasizes a deliberate departure from something previously followed or accepted: The new design breaks with convention, She broke with her mentor over ethical concerns.
- repudiationFormal refusal to accept
- estrangementEmotional separation between people
- apostasyRenunciation of former beliefs
- dissentDisagreement with authority
- severanceTermination pay or disconnection
cuts ties · defection · jumps ship · goes rogue · resignation · disconnection · schism · secession · disavowal · deviation · heresy · divorce · nonconformity · termination · shift · falling-out · disruption · expulsion