'break away' definitions:

Definition of 'break away'

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verb
Move away or escape suddenly; "The horses broke from the stable"; "Three inmates broke jail"; "Nobody can break out --this prison is high security" [syn: break, break out, break away]
verb
Break off (a piece from a whole); "Her tooth chipped" [syn: chip, chip off, come off, break away, break off]
verb
Interrupt a continued activity; "She had broken with the traditional patterns" [syn: break, break away]
verb
Withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away" [syn: secede, splinter, break away]
verb
Flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up" [syn: 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]

Synonyms of 'break away'

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Words containing 'break away'