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break ranks idiom to publicly show disagreement or criticism of the group that you belong to: 与(同一阵营的人)意见不合;与…分道扬镳 His medical colleagues advised him not to break ranks by talking about the hospital's problems to the newspapers.他的医院同事劝他不要公开表示不满,向报纸谈论医院的问题。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Disloyalty, betrayal & treason adulterous backstabber betrayal betrayer chicane collaborate deserter desertion faithlessly faithlessness false fifth column fifth-columnist stab someone in the backidiom tergiversation throw someone to the lionsidiom throw someone under the busidiom traitor treasonable unfaithfulness
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