The phrase "a break down between" is not correct in standard written English; it should be "a breakdown between." You can use it when discussing a failure in communication or a disruption in a relationship or system.
Example: "There was a significant breakdown between the two departments, leading to confusion and delays in the project."
Alternatives: "a rift between" or "a failure in communication".
People with Alzheimer's typically experience a break down in communication between nerve cells in the brain, which the inhibitor helped prevent. .
"We show that in the situations when people choke under pressure there is a break down in the connectivity between ventral striatum and the motor cortex (the are responsible for coordinating our movements).
In recent years we took an interest in the retractions as well [ 19, 22] because they can be more revealing of a break down in the balance between automatic and voluntary control than the forward segments intended to the target tend to be.
The institutional context in Ghana has a 'top down' approach; in this case the administrative structure resulted in a break-down in communications between the policy level and practitioners at health facility level.
The report's author said there was a break-down in the referral process between police custody and local authority accommodation.
Track problems and a broken down train caused disruption to timetables between London and East Anglia.
But the researchers found the responses to be pretty consistent, especially when broken down between large and small hedge funds.
– Number of consultations during the period of study (broken down between nursing and medicine, each group session will be counted as a nursing consultation).
The first and most obvious question: has there been a complete break down in communications and trust between Pownce's founders that they now find it necessary to air their dirty laundry (ironically) on Digg?
He moved on to ask for an explanation of "how does it break down between Iowa and Iowa State," as he tried to fathom the legendary rivalry between the two university football teams.
Essentially, Todd discussed how the forthcoming midterms would break down between "Starbucks Nation" and "Chick-Fil-A Country".
