break ranks

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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.
    Coordinate term: keep rank
  2. (idiomatic) To publicly disagree with one's own group or organization.

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