break a date (to) [exp]

Meaning:

• To call off a lovely visit or date.

Examples:

1. Oh! I’m sorry! I have to break today’s date. I have to come back home cause something happened to my mom.
2. He had to break their dinner date because of an unexpected work emergency.
3. I hate to break our lunch date, but something urgent came up.
4. She broke the date an hour before we were supposed to meet. It was disappointing.
5. I was really looking forward to seeing him, but he broke the date without giving a proper reason.
6. She apologized for breaking the date. She got called into a last-minute meeting.
7. Breaking a date at the last minute can be seen as rude or inconsiderate in many cultures.
8. I’m sorry for breaking our coffee date today. Can we reschedule for tomorrow?

Some related words or phrases to the idiom “to break a date”

To cancel

Generally, means to end a plan. It is also used for romantic appointment that won’t happen in any reason.

• I called her and asked to cancel our date because I had cold and bad headache.
• She thought that was really cruel that he canceled their date at the last minute.
• He called to cancel the date, because he was busy. But promised to reschedule soon.
• When I saw her photo, I was looking for an excuse to cancel the date.

To postpone a date

To change the time an appointment or doing something for a later time. It’s also can be used for a date like its general meaning.

• We had to postpone our date because she says she has to attend to a meeting up until late.
• It was raining, so they decided to postpone their beach date to next weekend.
• He didn’t want to cancel it. Just asked if they could postpone the date until he felt better.
• Because she is beautiful, educated and nice, many boys ask her out and she respectfully accept their request just for talking. Now she has to postpone one of those dates date.

To call off a date

To de decide a plan not to take place.

• She had to call off the date because she had to take his mother to the hospital.
• When he realized that she doesn’t have even a bit sense of humor, he decided to call off the date.
• I sent her message several times but she didn’t answer so I decided to call off our date.
• She asked about him from his friend and she didn’t get good feedback so she called off the date.

No-show

Is a person who does not show up in an appointment for any reason.

• I waited for over one and a half hour, but he turned out to be a no-show. So, I decided to leave
• We have to pay money to the restaurant for being a no-show to our reservation.
• She didn’t expect that her date would be a no-show with no explanation.
• Every time we planned for a travel up until now, he said he would come but became a no-show person.

To break off

It means to end a relationship.

• After months of discussion without realizing each other’s, they decided to break off the relationship.
• That was weird for them that their family wanted to break off their relationship.
• He couldn’t stand these many differences anymore, so he decided to break off.
• It was hard for him to break off with someone who has been being in love for four years.

To drop

To informally say that a romantic relationship has ended.

• It’s unbelievable that she dropped him right after traveling with him.
• He dropped her because of her behavior in the party and rejected her calls and didn’t even answer her messages.
• They have been dating for almost a year, and finally he just dropped her.
• She felt secluded after being dropped by him without even a clear reason.

To scrub

Informally say to cancel.

• It’s a great pity that they had to scrub the concert due to bad weather.
• We scrubbed our dinner plans because I wasn’t in a good mood.
• The date was scrubbed because she had and accident on her way to the coffee shop.
• He scrubbed the trip after realizing about the quality of this travel agency.

To not show up

Not to arrive to a place especially where someone is waiting for you.

• I waited for over an hour in a cold weather, but he didn’t show up.
• Who knows why Elisa didn’t show up to class! She was supposed to present today.
• He became very sad when the girl whom he has fallen in love didn’t show up for the party.
• You should have apologized and been more polite for not showing up to the meeting.

To ditch a date

Not to be present in a date intentionally.

• It’s good that the relationship didn’t happen. He proved his rudeness by ditching our date without even texting me.
• She felt embarrassed after being ditched on her first date. She said sorry a lot about that.
• She didn’t accept his excuse for ditching the first date.
• If you’re not interested, don’t just ditch the date. I want you to be honest.

To reschedule a date

To put off a date for another time.

• We had to reschedule our date because he had to stay at the office for an important meeting.
• He politely asked if we could reschedule the date for the day after tomorrow.
• Because my car was broken, we decided to reschedule our dinner date for after fixing this.
• I’m sure that she cannot rescheduling our movie date to Wednesday, because I know that she has French class at that time.

To dump

To end a relationship with the boyfriend or girlfriend.

• Her boyfriend lied to her a lot so she decided to dumped him.
• He begged her to explain why she dumped him.
• After her strange act and being aggressive without any especial reason in that party, he dumped her.
• Good idea! he dumped her right before Valentine’s Day to avoid spending much money for the gift.