Idiom
clean break
Meaning
The complete termination of a relationship, or an exit from a situation.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“She decided to make a clean break from her old job.”
“After years of arguing, they decided that moving to different cities was the only way to make a clean break.”
“He realized that lingering in the past would only hinder his growth, so he chose to make a clean break and start his life anew in a foreign country.”
Examples
simple
“She decided to make a clean break from her old job.”
contextual
“After years of arguing, they decided that moving to different cities was the only way to make a clean break.”
complex
“He realized that lingering in the past would only hinder his growth, so he chose to make a clean break and start his life anew in a foreign country.”
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