break the glass


1. reaching a point of no return, an irreversible decision; from the practice of “breaking the gl-ss of a fire alarm” in which you must first break a thin layer of gl-ss before pulling a fire alarm to discourage unnecessary activation of fire alarms

2. in healthcare information management systems (hims), the practice of opening a confidential record, file, etc.; often when this is done your information (name, ip, email, organization) is recorded on an accounting of disclosure form
1. the doctor’s decision to telephone the patient’s mother about his threatening comments broke the gl-ss with the patient, there was no going back.

2. the medical records department had to break the gl-ss to obtain information about the celebrity’s medical record, as it had been marked strictly confidential to prevent unwarranted leaks of information.
say this when you’re breaking out the big guns. when evertything you’ve tried has failed, and you’re resorting to your emergency plan. from breaking the gl-ss of fire extinguishers to put out a fire.
there’s nothing to do, it’s time to break the gl-ss and go to www.definithing.com
to p-ss a point of no return; to do something irreversible.
“flirting with your room mate’s girl is ok, but make sure you find another pad before you break the gl-ss and sleep with her.”
what a man does (by stamping on it with his foot) after the blessings at a jewish wedding, as a commemoration of the temple in jerusalem, which was destroyed in 68 or 70 of the common era. the idea is that even at the peak of our joy, we have to acknowledge the sadness and evil that persist in the world.
“wasn’t it a beautiful wedding?”
“yes, they’re just perfect for each other.”
“i know. when he broke the gl-ss, i cried.”
to take a girls virginity
as soon as i break the gl-ss with sally its gunna be open play for every other guy
its when you play socom ii us navy seals and the other team pulls out either m79s, m203s (grenade launchers), at-4 heats, or rpgs (rocket launchers) and you tell your team this and pull out launchers as well.
“sh-t they just slaughtered us with m79s… let’s break the gl-ss and pull out our m203s. we’re going to f-cking bomb these b-st-rds!”

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