pause / break

break / rent / gap / rift

break / rent / rift

wheeler-dealer / go-getter / whiz

powerful retainer in *one's master's full confidence / influential vassal enjoying *one's lord's full confidence / able person / shrewd *person / the sharpest *person

cutting instrument / edged tool

cutting instrument / edged tool

be out of stock

be out of stock

break with *someone / cut connections with *someone / cut *one's relations with *someone / lose touch with / break off