break with

present singular third person breaks with · participle present breaking with · past broke with · participle past broken with

1. To cease having a positive connection with (a person, group, movement, etc).

   "You see, Ferdinand Point was the first wave in a culinary revolution," Jeremy went on. "He broke with French formality; he broke with fat and weighty flavours. He kicked free of the past[…]"

   2001, Timothy Taylor, Stanley Park, Counterpoint paperback, published 2003, →ISBN, page 363

   Synonyms: break from

2. archaicTo divulge one's secrets, thoughts, or intentions to; to discuss something with.

   Here, Claudio, I have wooed in thy name, and fair Hero is won; I have broke with her father, and, his good will obtained; name the day of marriage, and God give thee joy!

   1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]