break away
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(verb) interrupt a continued activity; "She had broken with the traditional patterns" |
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Synonyms: break |
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Related Words: break, break up, part, separate, split, split up |
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(verb) move away or escape suddenly; "The horses broke from the stable"; "Three inmates broke jail" |
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Synonyms: break, break out |
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Related Words: break loose, escape, get away |
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(verb) withdraw from an organization or communion |
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Synonyms: secede, splinter |
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Related Words: break, break up, part, separate, split, split up |
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(verb) break off; of a piece from a whole; "Her tooth chipped" |
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Synonyms: break off, chip, chip off, come off |
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Related Words: divide, exfoliate, flake, flake off, part, peel, peel off, separate |
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(verb) take to one's heels; cut and run |
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Synonyms: bunk, lam, run, run away, scarper, turn tail |
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Related Words: go away, go forth, leave, skedaddle |
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