honor in the breach (English, verb)
expansion: honor in the breach (third-person singular simple present honors in the breach, present participle honoring in the breach, simple past and past participle honored in the breach)
Senses:
glosses: To demonstrate (a rule, law, or policy) by breaking or breaching it.
tags: US
idiomatic
transitive
Forms:
form: honors in the breach
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: honoring in the breach
tags: participle
present
form: honored in the breach
tags: participle
past
form: honored in the breach
tags: past
form: honour in the breach
tags: alternative