phrasal verb (formal) · formal
break faith with
/breɪk feɪθ wɪð/break·FAITH·with
task2speaking
to betray the trust of someone or abandon a previously held support or principle.
Examples
“Politicians who break faith with their voters risk losing credibility.”
“He felt the company had broken faith with its employees.”
“A leader should not break faith with the promises he made.”
Band 8 sentence
“If a government breaks faith with internationally agreed commitments, its reputation suffers badly.”
Collocations
- break faith with the voters
- broke faith with its supporters
Word family
break faith with verb phrasebroke faith with verb phrase (past)breaking faith with verb phrase (gerund)
Common mistakes
break the faith with→break faith with
break faith to→break faith with
Say it for a higher band
5betray→6go against→7+break faith with
Synonyms
betray
Easily confused
betray
“The official betrayed the promises he had made during the campaign.”
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