'break away' definitions:
Definition of 'break away'
From: WordNet
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'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- apostacize,
- apostatize,
- bail out,
- betray,
- bolt,
- break jail,
- break loose,
- change sides,
- cut loose,
- defect,
- desert,
- escape,
- escape prison,
- evade,
- fall away,
- fall off,
- flee,
- fly the coop,
- get away,
- get clear of,
- get free,
- get out,
- get out of,
- go over,
- jump,
- let down,
- make a getaway,
- pull out,
- rat,
- run out on,
- secede,
- sell out,
- skip,
- slip the collar,
- switch,
- switch over,
- turn cloak