make a clean break

English

Verb

make a clean break (third-person singular simple present makes a clean break, present participle making a clean break, simple past and past participle made a clean break)

(idiomatic) To initiate a complete termination of a relationship, or from a situation.
He decided to make a clean break with his ex-girlfriend.

Usage notes

Often used as: make a clean break with somebody.

Translations

initiate a complete termination of a relationship

Chinese:
Mandarin: 一刀兩斷 (zh), 一刀两断 (zh) (yīdāoliǎngduàn), 脫離 (zh), 脱离 (zh) (tuōlí), 斷交 (zh), 断交 (zh) (duànjiāo)
Finnish: panna välit poikki

Russian: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: cortar por lo sano (es)

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