depart from sth

— phrasal verb with depart

/dɪˈpɑːt/

/-ˈpɑːrt/ verb [I] formal

Definition

› to be different from the usual or expected way of doing or thinking about something: I see no reason for us to depart from our usual practice. At this point in the speech, the minister departed from his prepared text.Being and appearing different

(Definition of depart from sth from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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