break away
1. move away or escape suddenly (Freq. 2)
- The horses broke from the stable
- Three inmates broke jail
- Nobody can break out--this prison is high security
• Syn:
break, break out
• Derivationally related forms:
breakout (for: break out), break (for: break)
• Hypernyms:
escape, get away, break loose
• Verb Group:
break
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s PP
- Somebody ----s something (for: break)
2. break off (a piece from a whole) (Freq. 1)
- Her tooth chipped
• Syn:
chip, chip off, come off, break off
• Derivationally related forms:
chip (for: chip), chipping (for: chip)
• Hypernyms:
separate, divide, part
• Hyponyms:
peel off, peel, flake off, flake, exfoliate
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
3. interrupt a continued activity
- She had broken with the traditional patterns
• Syn:
break
• Derivationally related forms:
break (for: break)
• Hypernyms:
separate, part, split up, split, break, break up
• Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s PP
4. withdraw from an organization or communion
- After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away
• Syn:
secede, splinter
• Derivationally related forms:
breakaway, secession (for: secede)
• Hypernyms:
separate, part, split up, split, break, break up
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s PP
5. flee;
take to one's heels;
cut and run
- If you see this man, run!
- The burglars escaped before the police showed up
• Syn:
scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam,
lam, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods,
escape, fly the coop
• Derivationally related forms:
runaway (for: run away), lam (for: lam)
• Hypernyms:
leave, go forth, go away
• Hyponyms:
flee, fly, take flight, skedaddle
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
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