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Verb break away has 5 senses

• break away(v = verb.motion) break, break out - move away or escape suddenly; "The horses broke from the stable"; "Three inmates broke jail"; "Nobody can break out--this prison is high security"
is one way to break loose, escape, get away
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

• break away(v = verb.contact) break off, chip, chip off, come off - break off (a piece from a whole); "Her tooth chipped"
is one way to divide, part, separate
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

• break away(v = verb.social) break - interrupt a continued activity; "She had broken with the traditional patterns"
is one way to break, break up, part, separate, split, split up
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

• break away(v = verb.social) secede, splinter - withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away"
is one way to break, break up, part, separate, split, split up
Derived form noun breakaway₁
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

• break away(v = verb.motion) bunk, escape, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail - flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"
is one way to go away, go forth, leave
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

THESAURUS

break away

apostacize, apostatize, bail out, betray, bolt, break jail, break loose, change sides, cut loose, defect, desert, escape, escape prison, evade, fall away, fall off, flee, fly the coop, get away, get clear of, get free, get out, get out of, go over, jump, let down, make a getaway, pull out, rat, run out on, secede, sell out, skip, slip the collar, switch, switch over, turn cloak

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break away

Avoidance

VB abstain, refrain, spare, not attempt, not do, maintain the even tenor of one's way, eschew, keep from, let alone, have nothing to do with, keep aloof keep off, stand aloof, stand off, hold aloof, hold off, take no part in, have no hand in, avoid, shun, steer clear of, keep clear of, fight shy of, keep one's distance, keep at a respectful distance, keep out of the way, get out of the way, evade, elude, turn away from, set one's face against, deny oneself, shrink back, hang back, hold back, draw back, recoil, retire, flinch, blink, blench, shy, shirk, dodge, parry, make way for, give place to, beat a retreat, turn tail, turn one's back, take to one's heels, runaway, run for one's life, cut and run, be off like a shot, fly, flee, fly away, flee away, run away from, take flight, take to flight, desert, elope, make off, scamper off, sneak off, shuffle off, sheer off, break away, tear oneself away, slip away, slink away, steel away, make away from, scamper away from, sneak away from, shuffle away from, sheer away from, slip cable, part company, turn one's heel, sneak out of, play truant, give one the go by, give leg bail, take French leave, slope, decamp, flit, bolt, abscond, levant, skedaddle, absquatulat, cut one's stick, walk one's chalks, show a light pair of heels, make oneself scarce, escape, go away, abandon, reject, lead one a dance, lead one a pretty dance, throw off the scent, play at hide and seek, Adj, unsought, unattempted, avoiding, neutral, shy of, elusive, evasive, fugitive, runaway, shy, wild.

Escape

VB escape, scape, make one's escape, effect one's escape, make good one's escape, break jail, get off, get clear off, get well out of, echapper belle, save one's bacon, save one's skin, weather the storm, escape scot-free, elude &c, make off, march off, give one the slip, slip through the hands, slip through the fingers, slip the collar, wriggle out of prison, break out, break loose, break loose from prison, break away, slip away, get away, find vent, find a hole to creep out of, disappear, vanish.

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