Usually means: Deviate from group's established norms.
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  1. break ranks: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. break ranks: Collins English Dictionary
  3. break ranks: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. break ranks: Wiktionary
  5. break ranks: Dictionary.com
  6. break ranks: Dictionary/thesaurus

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  1. break ranks: Legal dictionary

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  1. break ranks: Encyclopedia

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  1. break ranks: Medical dictionary

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  1. break ranks: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (break ranks)

verb:  (military) To march or charge out of the designated order in a military unit.
verb:  (idiomatic) To publicly disagree with one's own group or organization.

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