clean break
noun1
Idiomatic The complete termination of a relationship, or an exit from a situation.
- He decided to make a clean break with his employer.
- I'm ready for a clean break with my ex-girlfriend.
1 more example
- How bitter it is to be slowly separated from great friends! Far better make a clean break and remain in solitude—the natural climate for man.1952, Nikos Kazantzakis, chapter 1, in Carl Wildman, transl., Zorba the Greek, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, translation of Βίος και πολιτεία του Αλέξη Ζορμπά [Víos kai politeía tou Aléxi Zormpá], →ISBN, pages 4–5: