"clean break" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-make a clean break.ogg Forms: clean breaks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} clean break (plural clean breaks)
  1. (idiomatic) The complete termination of a relationship, or an exit from a situation. Tags: idiomatic Translations (initiate a complete termination of a relationship): 一刀兩斷 (Chinese Mandarin), 一刀两断 (yīdāoliǎngduàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 脫離 (Chinese Mandarin), 脱离 (tuōlí) (Chinese Mandarin), 斷交 (Chinese Mandarin), 断交 (duànjiāo) (Chinese Mandarin), panna välit poikki (Finnish), cortar por lo sano (Spanish)

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          "sense": "initiate a complete termination of a relationship",
          "word": "一刀兩斷"
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      "sense": "initiate a complete termination of a relationship",
      "word": "一刀兩斷"
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      "sense": "initiate a complete termination of a relationship",
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "initiate a complete termination of a relationship",
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      "sense": "initiate a complete termination of a relationship",
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      "sense": "initiate a complete termination of a relationship",
      "word": "斷交"
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      "sense": "initiate a complete termination of a relationship",
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