English Explanatory Dictionary

break the wheel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To end a pattern of oppression, inequality, injustice, or abuse.
  2. To instigate or enact a major change; to revolutionize; to shake up.

Word forms

break the wheel breaks the wheel breaking the wheel broke the wheel broken the wheel

Etymology

Presumably inspired by a scene in the episode "Hardhome" (2015) of Game of Thrones, in which Daenerys Targaryen, reflecting on her plan to reclaim the Iron Throne, vows to "break the wheel" of oppression and war.

Related words

break the cycle
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