break ties
Frequency: 7.515.0 per million words
To end a relationship or connection.
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- They decided to break ties after years of disagreement.
- The company had to break its business ties with the controversial supplier.
- It's hard to break emotional ties with someone you've loved.
- If the negotiations fail, we might have to break diplomatic ties.
- He warned that the country would break all ties if the demands were not met.
- She felt it was time to break ties with her past and start anew.
- Are you really going to break ties with your family over this issue?
- The activist group urged the government to break economic ties with the oppressive regime.
- After the scandal, many sponsors chose to break their ties with the organization.
- Sometimes, to move forward, you need to break toxic ties.