"break character" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "breaks character",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "breaking character",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "broke character",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "broken character",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "break<,,broke,broken> character"
      },
      "expansion": "break character (third-person singular simple present breaks character, present participle breaking character, simple past broke character, past participle broken character)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Acting",
          "orig": "en:Acting",
          "parents": [
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            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2014, Bob Zmuda, Lynne Margulies, Andy Kaufman: The Truth, Finally, BenBella Books, page 43",
          "text": "Once Lynne and I realized that Jim was going to approach the role of Kaufman in a “method acting,” Kaufmanesque kind of way—i.e., he would become Andy or Tony Clifton for the entire shoot, never breaking character […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To fail to act as a certain character; to be or act out of character."
      ],
      "id": "en-break_character-en-verb-jsi3NjBA",
      "links": [
        [
          "acting",
          "acting#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "act",
          "act"
        ],
        [
          "character",
          "character"
        ],
        [
          "out of character",
          "out of character"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, acting) To fail to act as a certain character; to be or act out of character."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "break cover"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "acting",
        "broadcasting",
        "entertainment",
        "film",
        "lifestyle",
        "media",
        "television",
        "theater"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "ei pysy hahmossaan"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "wychodzić z roli"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "wyjść z roli"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "break character"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "breaks character",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "breaking character",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "broke character",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "broken character",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "break<,,broke,broken> character"
      },
      "expansion": "break character (third-person singular simple present breaks character, present participle breaking character, simple past broke character, past participle broken character)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "break cover"
    }
  ],
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2014, Bob Zmuda, Lynne Margulies, Andy Kaufman: The Truth, Finally, BenBella Books, page 43",
          "text": "Once Lynne and I realized that Jim was going to approach the role of Kaufman in a “method acting,” Kaufmanesque kind of way—i.e., he would become Andy or Tony Clifton for the entire shoot, never breaking character […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To fail to act as a certain character; to be or act out of character."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "acting",
          "acting#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "act",
          "act"
        ],
        [
          "character",
          "character"
        ],
        [
          "out of character",
          "out of character"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, acting) To fail to act as a certain character; to be or act out of character."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "acting",
        "broadcasting",
        "entertainment",
        "film",
        "lifestyle",
        "media",
        "television",
        "theater"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ei pysy hahmossaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "wychodzić z roli"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "wyjść z roli"
    }
  ],
  "word": "break character"
}