Daily life

break the routine

do something different

To break the routine means to do something different from what you normally do.

B1 very common mostly spoken

expression

Hear it in real life

Why are you taking a pottery class?

I just want to break the routine a little.

Play the conversation

We went out for lunch to break the routine of eating at our desks.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: We went out for lunch to break ‸ routine.

Say: We went out for lunch to break the routine.

This expression normally uses “the” before “routine.”

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

break the routine; break up the routine

Your turn: say it out loud

We went out for lunch to break the routine of eating at our desks.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

break the routine

do something different

“We went out for lunch to break the routine of eating at our desks.”

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