clean break

collocation in English

meaningsofcleanandbreak

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clean
adjective
uk
/kliːn/us
/kliːn/
free from any dirty marks, pollution, ...
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break
noun
uk
/breɪk/us
/breɪk/
an ...
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(Definition ofcleanandbreakfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Or, does the oratorio represent acleanbreakwith the 'didactic' past?
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In doing so, they also help to further another valuable interest, viz. to signal acleanbreakwith the past, whose importance - both symbolic and practical - should not be underestimated.
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When the mask is removed at the end of a performance, there is a 'cleanbreak' with the character and the play both spiritually and psychologically.
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Nor should we demand such acleanbreak, in any case anathema to postmodern ideology; surely some advantage lies in working through contemporary forms of knowledge.
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Furthermore, thiscleanbreakwill be built on an egalitarian distribution of landholdings which will ensure that growth is widely shared and rural institutions embed social inclusiveness.
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I can illustrate the type of circumstances when acleanbreakbetween the parties would be appropriate by a hypothetical example.
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But among fathers who have made suchcleanbreaksettlements there is a sense of grave injustice.
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The first is connected with what is known as "cleanbreak" arrangements.
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But there can be nocleanbreakbetween parent and child.
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The pension will be paid directly to the wife in due course, and in that way acleanbreakcan be achieved.
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The divorce settlement had taken the form of a so-called "cleanbreak".
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Enfranchisement provides a complete andcleanbreak—the leaseholders take over all the landlord's rights and obligations, and they take over his interest in the property.
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Thecleanbreakprinciple is directed at stamping out the so-called alimony drone.
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The issue ofcleanbreaksettlements has been widely discussed, and rightly so: it is a bone of contention that will not go away.
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Essentially, thecleanbreakapplies to spousal property and not to child maintenance, and it never has.
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This is why the six-month period of transition towards thecleanbreakis crucial in terms of defining the new state's future path.
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