English Explanatory Dictionary

break the fourth wall

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To apparently communicate with reality directly, such as when characters of literature comment on the existence of a reader.

Pronunciation

en-au-break the fourth wall.ogg

Word forms

break the fourth wall breaks the fourth wall breaking the fourth wall broke the fourth wall broken the fourth wall

Etymology

break + the + fourth wall

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