| Word | break the mould |
|---|---|
| Description | put an end to a pattern of events or behaviour, especially one that has become rigid and restrictive, by doing things in a markedly different way. Originally this phrase referred to casting artefacts in moulds : destroying a mould ensured that no further identical examples could be produced. The expression became a catchphrase in Britain in the early 1980s with the foundation of the Social Democratic Party. Its founders promoted the party as breaking the out-of-date mould of British politics, a phrase used by Roy Jenkins in a speech in 1980. put an end to a pattern of events or behaviour, especially one that has become rigid and restrictive, by doing things in a markedly different way. Originally this phrase referred to casting artefacts |
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