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.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Disloyalty, betrayal & treason
- adultery
- backstabber
- betray
- betrayal
- collaborate
- collaboration
- deserter
- desertion
- faithless
- false
- fifth column
- high treason
- inconstant
- sellout
- stab
- stab sb in the back idiom
- traitor
- treacherous
- treachery
- treason
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