break bread

break bread
break bread (with (someone)) to eat.

There were several chances for politicians and celebrities to meet and break bread with each other.


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  • break bread — ► break bread celebrate the Eucharist. Main Entry: ↑bread …   English terms dictionary

  • break bread — verb have a meal, usually with company The early Christian disciples broke bread together • Hypernyms: ↑eat • Verb Frames: Somebody s Sam and Sue break bread * * * phrasal 1 …   Useful english dictionary

  • break bread — verb a) To eat a meal, especially to eat a shared meal with friends. And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until… …   Wiktionary

  • break bread with someone — break bread (with (someone)) to eat. There were several chances for politicians and celebrities to meet and break bread with each other …   New idioms dictionary

  • break bread with — break bread (with (someone)) to eat. There were several chances for politicians and celebrities to meet and break bread with each other …   New idioms dictionary

  • break bread — celebrate the Eucharist. → bread …   English new terms dictionary

  • break bread — phrasal to dine together …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • break bread — share a meal, sit at a table and eat a meal …   English contemporary dictionary

  • break bread — idi to eat a meal, esp. with others …   From formal English to slang

  • bread — ► NOUN 1) food made of flour, water, and yeast mixed together and baked. 2) informal money. ● bread and butter Cf. ↑bread and butter ● bread and circuses Cf. ↑bread and circuses …   English terms dictionary

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