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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

break character en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To fail to act as a certain character; to be or act out of character.
    • Once Lynne and I realized that Jim was going to approach the role of Kaufman in a “method acting,” Kaufmanesque kind of way—i.e., he would become Andy or Tony Clifton for the entire shoot, never breaking character […] 2014, Bob Zmuda, Lynne Margulies, Andy Kaufman: The Truth, Finally, BenBella Books, →ISBN, page 43:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
broke character Tense=Past lexicographic
breaks character Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
breaking character Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
broken character Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

break cover

Translations (3)

pl wyjść z roli (Translations) · fi ei pysy hahmossaan (Translations) · pl wychodzić z roli (Translations)