She really broke the mold with her innovative approach to this notification system—several companies have since adopted her method.

Learn how to use this expression on this week's words and their stories.

The company has been breaking the mold in researching a cure for the deadly disease.

To do something different from what is expected.

When somebody breaks the mold figuratively, it means they do something new or has never been done before.

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It emphasizes creativity and originality.

To do something in a new way.

A dream come true is a phrase that conveys the realization or manifestation of one's.

She broke the mould by being the first person in her family to go to the university.

His method of teaching physics breaks the mould.

To be new or different.

What does a dream come true mean?

Use this idiom to describe situations where someone is innovating or deviating from the usual way of doing things.

We have established that it is difficult and uncomfortable to be different, so why not just conform?

The show broke the mould of traditional tv chat shows.

To all you poets, painters, and writers, we need dreams to continue living.

Break the mold or broke the mold is an idiom with longstanding literal and figurative uses.

Let me explain why.

Examples of using “break.

— we also use the idiom break the mould (uk)/mold (us) for things that are totally different from what has existed before:

I can’t answer that question for you, but i can tell you that the mold didn’t work for me.

Use this idiom to describe situations where someone is innovating or deviating from the usual way of doing things.

To break a repeating pattern by doing something different.

— when you break the mold, you try something in a new way.

The mold is there for a reason, right?

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While the world tries to break and mold you, dreams remind you of who you are and what you want from life.

Examples of using break the mold in sentences:

It emphasizes creativity and originality.

To be a pioneer in a new field.