break an impasse
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To end a deadlock, often suddenly or forcefully.
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- They managed to break the impasse after hours of intense negotiations.
- A new proposal helped to break the political impasse.
- We need a creative solution to break this impasse.
- The mediator's intervention was crucial to break the impasse.
- Can we find common ground to break the current impasse?
- Their refusal to compromise only deepened the impasse, making it harder to break.
- After weeks of stalemate, the unexpected announcement finally broke the impasse.
- It took a bold decision to break the long-standing impasse in the talks.
- To break an impasse, both sides must be willing to concede.
- The sudden breakthrough helped break the research impasse.