Idiom
break the cycle
Meaning
To act so as to end a repeating pattern of harmful or otherwise negative behavior.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He wants to break the cycle of bad habits.”
“By choosing a different career path than his parents, he hoped to break the cycle of poverty in his family.”
“The new policy aims to break the cycle of systemic inequality by providing equal educational opportunities to students from all neighborhoods.”
Examples
simple
“He wants to break the cycle of bad habits.”
contextual
“By choosing a different career path than his parents, he hoped to break the cycle of poverty in his family.”
complex
“The new policy aims to break the cycle of systemic inequality by providing equal educational opportunities to students from all neighborhoods.”
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