break a habit

and break the habit; break one's habit

to end a habit. I was not able to break the habit of snoring. It's hard to break a habit that you have had for a long time.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Valentin	VAH-len-teen (German), vah-lyen-TEEN (Russian), vah-leen-TEEN (Russian)	French, Romanian, German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Czech, Russian, Bulgarian, Slovene, Croatian,
Yusup	-	Uyghur
Isaac	IE-zək (English)	English, Jewish, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Purushottam	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi
DorotÉIa	-	Portuguese (Brazilian)
Korneli	-	Georgian