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