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, The Antiquary—Volume II, ch. 15:

     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, The Irrational Knot, ch. 3:

     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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References

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