break\ with

break\ with
v
To separate yourself from; end membership in; stop friendly association with.

He broke with the Democratic party on the question of civil rights.

He had broken with some friends who had changed in their ideas.


Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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