break one's fast

Definitions

1. To eat breakfast; to eat the first meal of the day after a night of not eating or to conclude any period of fasting by consuming food.
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2. To conclude any period of intentional fasting (usually for religious or medical reasons) by consuming food.

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Examples

“His servant placed before him a slice of toasted bread, with a glass of fair water, being the fare on which he usually broke his fast.”

“Thinking that it might be Lord Carbury, and that, if so, he would probably not wait⟳ until half past nine to break⟳ his fast, she ran gaily off.”

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