break one's fast
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The United Arab Emirates also contributed a shipment of dates, which are often eaten to break one’s fast during Ramadan, the holiest month of the Muslim calendar.
From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2024
To break one's fast in the morning; too eat the first meal in the day.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
It is hard enough to have to break one's fast after the Ninth of Ab, without eating on the eve thereof as well.
From Yiddish Tales by Various
Hence one does not break one's fast by taking them or any other medicines, unless one were to take digestives, with a fraudulent intention, in great quantity and by way of food.
From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
