دیکشنری آنلاین تحلیلگران ( معنی فارسی break ranks )

break ranks

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English Dictionary

break ranks
to publicly show disagreement or criticism of the group that you belong to:

His medical colleagues advised him not to break ranks by talking about the hospital's problems to the newspapers.

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Idioms

break ranks
to do or say something different from what a group you belong to does or says.

Two owners broke ranks and said they were against locking out the players.

Usage notes: often followed by with:

They decided to break ranks with the alliance and work independently for a solution.

the origin note doesn't make the meaning clear unless you explain "break" too--SL, 1/03
Etymology: based on the military meaning of break ranks (= to walk away from a straight row in which you and other soldiers have been standing)

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