breach

Related to breach: anticipatory breach

breach of decorum

A violation of established social norms or expectations, especially as relates to polite society or specific professions. In an unexpected breach of decorum, she announced her candidacy before the governor officially resigned. Discussing personal problems can sometimes be seen as a breach of decorum in polite company.
See also: breach, of

breach of etiquette

A violation of established social norms or expectations, especially as relates to polite society or specific professions. In an unexpected breach of etiquette, she announced her candidacy before the governor officially resigned. Discussing personal problems can sometimes be seen as a breach of etiquette in polite company.
See also: breach, of

breach of promise

A violation of a promise one has made. You told me you would study for this test, and then you got an F. That sounds like a breach of promise to me!
See also: breach, of, promise

step into the breach

To perform an action or job or fill a role or position of another person who is not willing or able to do it. Hailey just called from the hospital, and she's not going to be able to make it tonight, so you're going to have to step into the breach and play Juliet. We should give substitute teachers credit for stepping into the breach every day.
See also: breach, step
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

step into the breach

If you step into the breach, you do something that someone else would usually do but is unable to do. When Richard had to go abroad on business Tim Waites usually stepped into the breach and kept Emerald company. Ted Enloe and Benjamin Rosen will step into the breach until a replacement for Pfeiffer is found.
See also: breach, step
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

step into the breach

take the place of someone who is suddenly unable to do a job or task.
In military terms a breach is a gap in fortifications made by enemy guns or explosives. In this context, to stand in the breach is to bear the brunt of an attack when other defences or expedients have failed.
See also: breach, step
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

step into the ˈbreach

do somebody’s job or work when they are suddenly or unexpectedly unable to do it: The cook at the hotel fell ill, so the manager’s wife stepped into the breach.
This comes from the military. A breach was a hole that had been made in the walls that defended you from your enemies. If you stepped into the breach you stood in front of the hole and tried to stop people from entering.
See also: breach, step
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • breach of decorum
  • breach of etiquette
  • inviting
  • big break
  • (are) you leaving so soon?
  • Leaving so soon?
  • I'll thank you to (do something)
  • I'll thank you to do something
  • get with the times
  • crunch (the) numbers
References in periodicals archive
Meanwhile, the 30-feet-wide breach which had developed in Kuddan Shakh on Thursday at village Walidad Chandio near Khairpur Nathan Shah had been plugged.
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No action yet taken by the officials of the Nusrat Division of the irrigation department to plug the breach despite they were informed of the breach well in time but none turned up, affected people lamented.
Six Nawabshah villages submerge in Sada Wah canal breach
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New data breach law raises stakes
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The Breach Level Index is a global database that tracks data breaches and measures their severity based on multiple dimensions, including the number of records compromised, the type of data, the source of the breach, how the data was used, and whether or not the data was encrypted.
Gemalto updates H1 2018 breach level index report
By implementing a proactive data security approach into IT infrastructure, companies can effectively prepare for a breach and avoid falling victim to one, Pavie said.
UAE had two major industry data breaches in first half of 2018
They prompt courts to look at an offender's "motivation and intention" in committing a breach to assess the seriousness of the breach.
Tougher sanctions for breach of court order
Overall, the study found that the average total cost of a data breach in Saudi Arabia and UAE combined is $5.31 million, a 7.1 percent increase since 2017.
Data breaches cost Saudi Arabia, UAE firms up to $5.31M
The results of IBM's Middle East study examining the full financial impact of a data breach on businesses located in the two Gulf countries found that breaches cost companies $163 per lost or stolen record on average.
Data breaches costing UAE and Saudi companies millions
management post breach, and unexpected loss of customers.
Cost of data breaches higher in UAE and KSA than rest of world
Every law student learns the "first breach" or "prior breach" doctrine, which is commonly stated as follows: When a contracting party commits a breach of the contract, the counter party is discharged of its obligations under the contract.
First to Breach? Not So Fast Navigating Florida's Prior Breach Doctrine
Personal data of over 82,000 Filipinos have been compromised following a data breach involving a fastfood chain, according to the National Privacy Commission (NPC).
Privacy body probes fastfood chain over data breach