break the cycle in English

Audio: en-au-break the cycle.ogg

Forms: breaks the cycle [present, singular, third-person], breaking the cycle [participle, present], broke the cycle [past], broken the cycle [participle, past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|break<,,broke,broken> the cycle}} 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)

Inflected forms

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"break the cycle" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms