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Break away

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Break away"

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turn tailverb(idiomatic) To turn away from someone or something, in preparation for running away; to reverse direction; to leave or flee.
break outverb(intransitive) To escape, especially forcefully or defiantly.
run awayverbTo flee by running.
scarperverb(intransitive) To depart quickly; to escape, to flee, to run away.
come offverbTo have some success; to succeed.
break offverb(transitive) To discontinue abruptly.
runverbTo move swiftly.
breakverb(ergative, transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
lamnoun(intransitive, dated, slang) To flee or run away.
splinternounA long, sharp fragment of material, often wood.
chipnounA small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.
bunknounOne of a series of berths or beds placed in tiers.
secedeverb(intransitive) To split from or to withdraw from membership of a political union, an alliance or an organisation.
chip offverbbreak off (a piece from a whole)
break looseverbTo escape; to free oneself.
up and leaveverbTo leave abruptly.
split offverbTo break away from a group or mass.
startnounThe beginning of an activity.
cut outverb(transitive) To remove; to omit.
run out onverbTo leave a restaurant without paying the bill; to dine and dash.

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