break ranks

English

Alternative forms

• break rank

Pronunciation

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Verb

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.

Translations

to break a military designation

• Arabic: انْشَقَّ
• Armenian: շարքից դուրս գալ (hy) (šarkʻicʻ durs gal)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 打乱队形 (zh) (duìxíng)

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• Finnish: poiketa rivistä
• French: rompre les rangs (fr)
• German: aus der Reihe treten
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• Italian: rompere le fila
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• Polish: wyłamać się (pl)
• Portuguese: sair de formação
• Russian: расстра́иваться (ru) impf (rasstráivatʹsja), расстро́иться (ru) pf (rasstróitʹsja)
• Spanish: romper filas
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to publicly renounce affiliation

• Arabic: انْشَقَّ
• Armenian: տարաձայնել (hy) (tarajaynel)
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• Finnish: poiketa rivistä, potkia aisan yli
• French: se désolidariser (fr)
• German: aus der Reihe tanzen (de)
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• Italian: uscire dai ranghi
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• Portuguese: romper com
• Russian: расстра́иваться (ru) impf (rasstráivatʹsja), расстро́иться (ru) pf (rasstróitʹsja)
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