clean break

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Meaning: (idiomatic)Thecompleteterminationof arelationship, or anexitfrom asituation.He decided to make aclean breakwith his employer.I'm ready for aclean breakwith my ex-girlfriend.1952,Nikos Kazantzakis, chapter 1, in Carl Wildman, transl.,Zorba the Greek, New York, N.Y.:Simon & Schuster, translation ofΒίος και πολιτεία του Αλέξη Ζορμπά[Víos kai politeía tou Aléxi Zormpá],→ISBN,pages4–5:How bitter it is to be slowly separated from great friends! Far better make aclean breakand remain in solitude—the natural climate for man.

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