break the cycle
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break the cycle (third-person singular simple present breaks the cycle, present participle breaking the cycle, simple past broke the cycle, past participle broken the cycle)
- (idiomatic) To act so as to end a repeating pattern of harmful or otherwise negative behavior.
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Further reading
- “break the cycle”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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