单词 | to break rank ranks |
释义 | > as lemmasto break rank (also) ranks b. to break rank (also) ranks: to move out of line or order; (figurative) to fail to maintain solidarity or to conform. ΚΠ 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 318 The horssemen had broken ranke and were assunder. 1706 Perswasive to Union ii. 37 Such is the Unruliness and disorder of Mans nature, that many for all this, break rank, and will not obey the word of Command. 1854 J. Smith Old Redstone 268 You may convince each individual of his error; but he will not and he dare not break ranks. He is afraid of his neighbor. 1871 Harper's Mag. July 257/1 An orchard near by..tempted some of the thirstier ones, who broke ranks and rushed for the fruit. a1918 W. Owen Strange Meeting in Coll. Poems (1920) 2 None will break ranks, though nations trek from progress. 1969 Hist. Jrnl. 12 38 Whether this undermined the Tories' feeling of dependence on Peel, in 1844, for the first time, on two occasions they broke rank in the House of Commons. 1990 Field Feb. 45/4 Hounds have broken rank. They see the Master..approaching and surge towards him. < as lemmas |
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