Meaning

2 senses
  1. To leave suddenly.

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

    ausbrechen, losmachen

    move away or escape suddenly

  2. To become separated, literally or figuratively.

    A chunk of rock broke away from the cliff edge.

    lösen, ablösen

Examples

9 sentences
  1. Can you break away from your parents?

    Ти можеш вирватися від своїх батьків? — uaspeaker

    ruТы можешь вырваться от своих родителей? — Hellerick

  2. You have to go faster if you want to break away from Tom.

  3. Algeria fought to break away from France.

  4. Ziri wants to break away from that routine.

  5. Daniel managed to break away from the robbers.

Translations

2 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to leave suddenly:
to become separated:

Forms

breaks away, breaking away, broke away, broken away
Base formbreak away · to break away
3rd person singularbreaks away
Present participlebreaking away
Past simplebroke away
Past participlebroken away

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybreak away
he, she, itbreaks away

Past simpleLesson

all personsbroke away

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave broken away
he, she, ithas broken away

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill break away

Phrasal verbs

12 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

20 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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