break away
To leave suddenlyTo leave suddenly.
» Can you break away from your parents?
Ты можешь вырваться от своих родителей?
Ти можеш вирватися від своїх батьків?
Meaning
2 sensesTo 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
To become separated, literally or figuratively.
A chunk of rock broke away from the cliff edge.
lösen, ablösen
Examples
9 sentencesCan you break away from your parents?
Ти можеш вирватися від своїх батьків? — uaspeaker
ruТы можешь вырваться от своих родителей? — Hellerick
You have to go faster if you want to break away from Tom.
Algeria fought to break away from France.
Ziri wants to break away from that routine.
Daniel managed to break away from the robbers.
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 2
Forms
breaks away, breaking away, broke away, broken away| Base form | break away · to break away |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | breaks away |
| Present participle | breaking away |
| Past simple | broke away |
| Past participle | broken away |
irregular · Lesson
Phrasal verbs
12 phrasal verbs- break upрозлучитися, розлучатисяTo break or separate into pieces.
- break offвідколотися, відколюватисяTo remove a piece from a whole by breaking or snapping.
- break outвтікти, спалахуватиTo escape, especially forcefully or defiantly.
- break inзламати, ламатиTo enter a place by force or illicit means.
- break downзламатися, впастиTo stop functioning.
- break awayбігати, бігтиTo leave suddenly.
- break throughвивергати, вивергатисяTo gain popularity.
- break apartрозбитися, розбиватисяTo dismantle something into its base components.
More 4
- break onTo humiliate (someone); to scold or demean (someone) in public.
- break backTo win a game having lost a service game, or during a tiebreak, to win a point against the serve having lost a point while serving.
- break intoTo enter illegally or by force, especially in order to commit a crime.
- break withTo cease having a positive connection with (a person, group, movement, etc).
Synonyms
20 synonymsWord family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb