Brewer's: Break with One

(To). To cease from intercourse.

“What cause have I given him to break with me?” —Florence Marryat.

Breakers Ahead
Hidden danger at hand. Breakers in the open sea always announce sunken rocks, sandbanks, etc.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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