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Break the fourth wall

In a piece of fiction, eg. a comic, novel, or theatre, for a character to acknowledge the fact that they are fictional.
looks like <comic author's name> finally learned how a 16 year old girl should look
by A guy called James January 17, 2005
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break the glass

1. reaching a point of no return, an irreversible decision; from the practice of "breaking the glass of a fire alarm" in which you must first break a thin layer of glass before pulling a fire alarm to discourage unnecessary activation of fire alarms

2. In Healthcare Information Management Systems (HIMS), the practice of opening a confidential record, file, etc.; often when this is done your information (name, IP, email, organization) is recorded on an accounting of disclosure form
1. The doctor's decision to telephone the patient's mother about his threatening comments broke the glass with the patient, there was no going back.

2. The medical records department had to break the glass to obtain information about the celebrity's medical record, as it had been marked strictly confidential to prevent unwarranted leaks of information.
by MattyHill September 25, 2014
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Break the silence with domestic violence

if you and your son/daughter will not speak to you BREAK THE SILENCE WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
oi jonny come here you lonely fuck I'm going to have to break the silence with domestic violence because you are not chatting to me
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Don't Break the Seal Night

Bar special where you drink for free until you have to urinate. Any drinks you get after you "break the seal" have to be paid for.
Carl only managed to get six beers for free on Don't Break the Seal Night...should have gone to the john before.
by Anonymous January 2, 2003
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break the seal

When a person who is drunk pees for the first time since being drunk. After they "break the seal" they feel like they have to pee every 5 minutes.
After breaking the seal, Molly had to wait in line for the bathroom 10 times that night. (break the seal.)
by breakstheseal December 19, 2007
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break the plain

shitting enough to actually create a pile of shit that protrudes the water level (i.e. breaks the plain) in a toilet
I haven't shit for three days, I am definitely going to break the plain.
by Piggy Puff February 14, 2008
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Break the Dam

When under the influence of alchohol, breaking the dam is the first urination of the night, where after the liquid inside you flows constantly and leads to you constantly urinating throughout the binge.
by Mr. Badun November 28, 2009
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