break one's fast

Definitions

1. 1

   To eat breakfast

   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.

   • 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.
   • 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. 2

   To conclude any period of intentional fasting (usually for religious or medical reasons)…

   To conclude any period of intentional fasting (usually for religious or medical reasons) by consuming food.

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