Something had to be done to break the deadlock, and business held the key.
The new policy is designed to break a political deadlock.
So we are taking necessary action to break the deadlock.
He was seeking to break a long deadlock in Congress over the issue.
We must find a solution, a way to break the deadlock.
His second came a minute into the third period and broke a 2-2 deadlock.
We made a proposal in order to break the deadlock.
To be sure, a crisis can sometimes break a deadlock in trade talks.
However, the Senate was unable to break a deadlock on even one of the 35 points.
Which meant there remained only one way to break the deadlock.