break away

See also: breakaway

English

Verb

break away (third-person singular simple present breaks away, present participle breaking away, simple past broke away, past participle broken away)

1. To leave suddenly.

   She was brought up in a very religious household, but broke away from the church in her teens.

2. To become separated, literally or figuratively.

   A chunk of rock broke away from the cliff edge.

Derived terms

• breakaway (adj)

Related terms

• break down
• break in
• break out
• break up

 

Translations

to leave suddenly

• Finnish: häipyä (fi), hävitä (fi)
• German: ausbrechen (de), losmachen (de) (reflexive)
• Portuguese: fugir (pt), escapar (pt)

to become separated

• Finnish: irrota (fi), erota (fi), joutua eroon
• German: lösen (de) (reflexive), ablösen (de) (reflexive)
• Japanese: 脱却する (だっきゃく-する, dakkyaku-suru)