End negotiations unsuccessfully
Meanings
- End negotiations unsuccessfully (intransitive, International English)
- Remove a barrier or obstacle (separable [optional], International English)
Examples
- The talks between management and the unions BROKE DOWN acrimoniously.Start crying; become very emotional.
- He BROKE DOWN in tears.To stop functioning.
- My car's BROKEN DOWN, so I came by taxi.
- He had to BREAK DOWN their opposition to his ideas.