a clean break



a clean break

if you make a clean break from someone or something, you leave them quickly and completely, and are not involved with them at all in the future (often + with ) Sometimes we need to make a clean break with the past. (often + from ) The Japanese are planning a clean break from the old television technologies.
See also: break, clean

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Jovka-Macedonian
LaurenLAWR-ənEnglish
MichaelMIE-kəl (English), MI-khah-el (German), MEE-kah-el (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish)English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Czech, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Krastyu-Bulgarian
Avetis-Armenian
Belshazzar-Ancient Near Eastern, Biblical