break one's fast

English

Verb

break one's fast

  1. (dated) 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.
    • 1816, Sir Walter Scott, chapter 15, in The Antiquary—Volume II:
      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.
    • 1905, George Bernard Shaw, chapter 3, in The Irrational Knot:
      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.
  2. (religion) To resume normal diet after a fasting.

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References

  • Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989. See entry for "break."
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