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eng: 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"
break out, break, break away
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(verb) break off (a piece from a whole); "Her tooth chipped"
chip, chip off, break away, break off, come off
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(verb) interrupt a continued activity; "She had broken with the traditional patterns"
break away, break
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(verb) withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away"
secede, splinter, break away
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(verb) flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"
run away, hightail it, fly the coop, lam, run, bunk, take to the woods, scarper, scat, head for the hills, turn tail, escape, break away
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