break ranks

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break ranks

verb breaks ranks · breaking ranks · broke ranks · broken ranks · break rank

  1. To march or charge out of the designated order in a military unit.
  2. idiomatic To publicly disagree with one's own group or organization.

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verb march out of the designated order

Españolromper filas
中文打亂隊形 /打乱队形 dǎluàn duìxíng, 擅自行動 /擅自行动 shànzì xíngdòng
Portuguêssair de formação
Françaisrompre les rangs
Deutschaus der Reihe treten
Italianorompere le fila
Русскийрасстра́иваться rasstráivatʹsja, расстро́иться rasstróitʹsja
العربيةانْشَقَّ

verb publicly disagree with one's own group

中文公開異議 /公开异议 gōngkāi yìyì
Portuguêsromper com
Françaisse désolidariser
Deutschaus der Reihe tanzen
Italianouscire dai ranghi
Русскийрасстра́иваться rasstráivatʹsja, расстро́иться rasstróitʹsja
العربيةانْشَقَّ

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@misc{break_ranks_2026,
  title = {break ranks},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/break%20ranks},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}