"On a Break" 

What happens to some couples when one person feels like they don't want to be with the other person. It can be for many reasons and most often it occus when one person is feeling confused or stressed. They displace these feelings to their signifigant other.
It can also be used as a way of basically breaking up with someone to explore other 'opportunities' but at the same time, can always fall back onto the other person if you don't find anything better out there.

A dude feels like he's gonna be tied down forever to one girl, and decides that he needs to check out the scene a little more before deciding to bang the same chich for the rest of his life. He tells the girl they are "on a break". If he finds someone hotter, he leaves the chick, and if not, he goes back to the girl. Chicks use this method just as often as dudes.

"On a Break" by 'Matteo' March 11, 2009

on a break 

When a person tells their significant other that they need time apart for one reason or another. It happens when a relationship just isn't working out but you are afraid to actually break up so instead you take a break which usually ends in a break up anyways. In some situations it is allowed to see other people but for some it is not so make sure you have a talk about what is allowed and what isn't because you don't want to end up like Ross from "Friends" and cheat on Rachel when he didn't know it was cheating and be forced to read an 18 page letter front and back; causing you to fall asleep and Rachel get pissed that you didn't read all of it. It is the most deceptive term ever!!!

Usually it is the woman's idea to take a break but in my case it was my boyfriend's idea because he felt bad about not having any time to hang out with me... Idk

What do you call this person, are they still your bf or gf???
Do you still talk to them?
Are you now just friends???"
What the fuuuuuuuuuuck!!!!!!!!!!

"You slept with her!?"
"But we were on a break!!!!"

on a break by Killer K September 24, 2006

on a break 

You want to know what on a break means? Just ask Ross. *only a F.R.I.E.N.D.S addict will understand*

friend: "hey what does on a break mean'?"
me: "I don't know just ask Ross Geller"

on a break by blahblahbaby March 11, 2020

on a break 

Relationship limbo. Something that drama llamas do because they saw it on TV and they want their lives to be more like 'Friends'. Essentially these people model their lives on television programmes and probably think that soap operas are documentaries.

'Going on a break' is something that is suggested by one partner or another in a relationship (usually the woman, as most drama llamas are female) because they want to dump you, but don't have a very good reason. They are cowards and attention seekers. They know that when a relationship ends, the dumpee gets far more sympathy than the one that ended it because they basically have the moral high ground, and we all know how much drama llamas hate someone else getting more attention than them. Also, the one who is dumped is more entitled to have a rebound fling, so they try soften the blow by not going for the full break-up. This is an attempt to make themselves feel better about the situation. But in reality it means that if you start seeing someone else you can be painted as the bad guy. If they see someone else it's fine, the relationship ended, get over it. By dangling the prospect of reconciliation in front of you they're prolonging the drama of a break-up, ensuring that you're thinking about them more, and gives them a safety net of knowing they can come back to if they feel like it.

No-one ever went "on a break" before 'Friends'.

"My gf said we should go on a break"

"What a fucking drama llama. You should totally go and get laid dude."

on a break by chris-chem August 23, 2009

on a break 

when you distance yourself from your significant other and, stay loyal until both partner decides whether or not they can be without each other. Most people get confused between on a break and a get out of jail free card, getting with someone on a break is disregarding the whole relationship in its whole.

i want to go on a break.

on a break by cryabtitimright November 20, 2021

WE WERE ON A BREAK! 

something Ross on Friends says too much. Rachel said, let's take a break, so Ross boinked Chole, the punk girl from the copy center. He and Rachel immediately made-up, but when she found out about the boinking, she was pissed.

Ross spent the next four years or so saying, "WE WERE ON A BREAK!"

She wants me to take responsibility for everything that went wrong in our relationship. I mean she goes on for five pages about, about how I was unfaithful to her! "Well...WE WERE ON A BREAK!"

WE WERE ON A BREAK! by Dr. Heywood R. Floyd April 14, 2007

we are on a break 

means it's over you do you for the time being and get back together when the time is right

We are on a break is defined like Let's take a break and see what it's like without each other

we are on a break by Ewmembaster September 27, 2017