break with

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   end a relationship

   “China broke with Russia”

   Broaderseparate

Questions about break with

What does break with mean?

break with means "end a relationship".

Is break with a common word?

break with is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.