break an appointment

But Gruber had never broken an appointment with her before.

And if you have to break an appointment or point out an error, then it is important to use phrases which are tactful and polite.

Frank is grouchy today," an aide said last Friday, when Bruno broke an appointment.

Furthermore, does the existence of real pressures for patients to sign over their rights quickly, or under threat of being charged to break an appointment change your opinion in any way?

I knew Miss Odell was out with another man, she'd broken an appointment with me, and I walked the streets for an hour or more, fuming and fretting."

To be here, he had to break an appointment in Baghdad with Leszek Miller, the prime minister of Poland, the only country other than Britain to contribute substantial numbers of troops to the occupying force.