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[ verb ] move away or escape suddenly
Examples "The horses broke from the stable" "Three inmates broke jail" "Nobody can break out--this prison is high security" Used in print (Selma Jeanne Cohen, "Avant-Garde Choreography"...)But her conscious need was to break_away from constricting patterns of form , a need to let the experience shape itself . (Anita Loos, No Mother to Guide Her....)But at_long_last came a time when I broke_away from Mother and her society `` chi-chi '' in_order_to spend a cosy evening with Viola and her chaperon at her home . |
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[ verb ] break off; of a piece from a whole
Examples "Her tooth chipped" Used in print (Jesse Hill Ford, Mountains of Gilead....)She could not count the times Herman had rapped on the door , just a_couple_of bangs that shook the whole damned closet and might , someday , break_away the pipe connections from the wall . |
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[ verb ] flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
Examples "If you see this man, run!" "The burglars escaped before the police showed up" |
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