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Definition of Break away
1. Verb. Move away or escape suddenly. "Nobody can break out--this prison is high security"
Related verbs: Break
Generic synonyms: Break Loose, Escape, Get Away
Derivative terms: Break, Breakout
2. Verb. Break off (a piece from a whole). "These glasses break away easily"; "Her tooth chipped"
Specialized synonyms: Flake, Flake Off, Peel, Peel Off, Exfoliate
Generic synonyms: Divide, Part, Separate
Derivative terms: Chip, Chip, Chipping
3. Verb. Interrupt a continued activity. "She had broken with the traditional patterns"
Generic synonyms: Break, Break Up, Part, Separate, Split, Split Up
Derivative terms: Break
4. Verb. Withdraw from an organization or communion. "The girls break away the wooden sticks"; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away"
Generic synonyms: Break, Break Up, Part, Separate, Split, Split Up
Derivative terms: Breakaway, Secession
5. Verb. Flee; take to one's heels; cut and run. "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"
Generic synonyms: Go Away, Go Forth, Leave
Specialized synonyms: Flee, Fly, Take Flight, Skedaddle
Derivative terms: Lam, Runaway
Definition of Break away
1. Verb. to leave suddenly ¹
2. Verb. to become separated, literally or figuratively ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Break Away
Literary usage of Break away
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Voyage of the 'Discovery' by Robert Falcon Scott (1905)
"... Sledges—A Heavy Loss—Wind from the Summit—The Upper Glacier—A Week in Camp —We
break away and Reach the Summit—Hard Conditions—Patty Divided—Eight Days ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"One of the most striking indications of a revival of inorganic chemistry is the
recent attempt of Werner to break away from the bonds of the ..."
3. Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and by Francis Peyre Porcher (1869)
"... as well as that o: Anacharis Canadensis, found at Cherokee, NC, is very
remarkable, i The sterile flowers break away from the stem, and, expanding at ..."
4. Sermons: Preached at Trinity Chapel, Brighton by Frederick William Robertson (1861)
"There be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master,"
then David began to measure himself with Nabal; — Not a wiser man — nor a ..."
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