clean break en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) The complete termination of a relationship, or an exit from a situation.
He decided to make a clean break with his employer.
I'm ready for a clean break with my ex-girlfriend.
How bitter it is to be slowly separated from great friends! Far better make a clean break and remain in solitude—the natural climate for man.
1952, Nikos Kazantzakis, chapter 1, in Carl Wildman, transl., Zorba the Greek, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, translation of Βίος και πολιτεία του Αλέξη Ζορμπά [Víos kai politeía tou Aléxi Zormpá], →ISBN, pages 4–5:
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Translations (6)
cmn 脫離 /脱离 (initiate a complete termination of a relationship) · es cortar por lo sano (initiate a complete termination of a relationship) · ru по́лный разры́в (initiate a complete termination of a relationship) · fi panna välit poikki (initiate a complete termination of a relationship) · cmn 斷交 /断交 (initiate a complete termination of a relationship) · cmn 一刀兩斷 /一刀两断 (initiate a complete termination of a relationship)