break away

Verb
  1. Move away or escape suddenly (synset 202077161)
    "The horses broke from the stable"; "Three inmates broke jail"; "Nobody can break out--this prison is high security"
    is a type of: break loose, escape, get away - run away from confinement
    same as: break, break out
    verb group: break - make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing
  2. Break off (a piece from a whole) (synset 201262255)
    "Her tooth chipped"
    is a type of: divide, part, separate - come apart
    subtypes:
    same as: break off, chip, chip off, come off
  3. Interrupt a continued activity (synset 202541382)
    "She had broken with the traditional patterns"
    is a type of: break, break up, part, separate, split, split up - discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
    same as: break
  4. Withdraw from an organization or communion (synset 202541123)
    "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away"
    is a type of: break, break up, part, separate, split, split up - discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
    same as: secede, splinter
  5. Flee;
    Take to one's heels;
    Cut and run (synset 202079296)
    "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"
    is a type of: go away, go forth, leave - go away from a place
    subtypes:
    same as: bunk, escape, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail

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