"break ranks" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-break ranks.ogg [Australia] Forms: breaks ranks [present, singular, third-person], breaking ranks [participle, present], broke ranks [past], broken ranks [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|break<,,broke,broken> ranks}} break ranks (third-person singular simple present breaks ranks, present participle breaking ranks, simple past broke ranks, past participle broken ranks)
  1. (military) To march or charge out of the designated order in a military unit. Categories (topical): Military Translations (to break a military designation): انْشَقَّ (Arabic), շարքից դուրս գալ (šarkʿicʿ durs gal) (Armenian), 打乱队形 (duìxíng) (Chinese Mandarin), poiketa rivistä (Finnish), rompre les rangs (French), aus der Reihe treten (German), rompere le fila (Italian), wyłamać się (Polish), sair de formação (Portuguese), расстра́иваться (rasstráivatʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), расстро́иться (rasstróitʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), romper filas (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-break_ranks-en-verb-wXVuJcCR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English light verb constructions, English predicates, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 83 17 Disambiguation of English light verb constructions: 81 19 Disambiguation of English predicates: 46 54 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 78 22 Topics: government, military, politics, war Disambiguation of 'to break a military designation': 94 6
  2. (idiomatic) To publicly disagree with one's own group or organization. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: break rank Translations (to publicly renounce affiliation): انْشَقَّ (Arabic), տարաձայնել (tarajaynel) (Armenian), poiketa rivistä (Finnish), potkia aisan yli (Finnish), se désolidariser (French), aus der Reihe tanzen (German), uscire dai ranghi (Italian), romper com (Portuguese), расстра́иваться (rasstráivatʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), расстро́иться (rasstróitʹsja) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-break_ranks-en-verb-3Jra4sAc Categories (other): English predicates Disambiguation of English predicates: 46 54 Disambiguation of 'to publicly renounce affiliation': 17 83

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      "sense": "to break a military designation",
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