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English Dictionary: break away |
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1 result for break away |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- break away
- v
- move away or escape suddenly; "The horses broke from the
stable"; "Three inmates broke jail"; "Nobody can break out --this prison is high security"
Synonym(s): break, break out, break away
- break off (a piece from a whole); "Her tooth chipped"
Synonym(s): chip, chip off, come off, break away, break off
- interrupt a continued activity; "She had broken with the traditional patterns"
Synonym(s): break, break away
- withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away"
Synonym(s): secede, splinter, break away
- flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"
Synonym(s): scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away
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