Definition of break away

verb (v)

• move away or escape suddenly (verb.motion)

  Synonym: break, break out
  

  source: wordnet30
• break off (a piece from a whole) (verb.contact)

  Synonym: break off, chip, chip off, come off
  

  source: wordnet30
• interrupt a continued activity (verb.social)

  Synonym: break
  

  source: wordnet30
• withdraw from an organization or communion (verb.social)

  Synonym: secede, splinter
  

  source: wordnet30
• flee; take to one's heels; cut and run (verb.motion)

  Synonym: bunk, escape, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail
  

  source: wordnet30

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