Break off
Break off verb - To come to an end.
Usage example: talks between the two sides broke off when one began making unreasonable demands
Both terms in one sentence
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A Brady Bunch episode has Peter trying to pull one of these off after the Identical Stranger he's just met at school has to break off a date on the same night Peter has a date of his own.
Source: Two-Timer Date
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