break the cycle (English, verb)
expansion: 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)
Senses:
glosses: To act so as to end a repeating pattern of harmful or otherwise negative behavior.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: breaks the cycle
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: breaking the cycle
tags: participle
present
form: broke the cycle
tags: past
form: broken the cycle
tags: participle
past