Translations

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

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.

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

  2. To become separated, literally or figuratively.

    A chunk of rock broke away from the cliff edge.

    lösen, ablösen

More definitions
  • move away or escape suddenly
  • break off (a piece from a whole)
  • interrupt a continued activity
  • withdraw from an organization or communion

Forms

breaks away, breaking away, broke away, broken away

irregular · Lesson

Base formbreak away · to break away
3rd person singularbreaks away
Present participlebreaking away
Past simplebroke away
Past participlebroken away

Tenses

break away · broke away · will break away · have broken away

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Present simpleLesson

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

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill break away

Past simpleLesson

all personsbroke away

Phrasal verbs

12 phrasal verbs
More 4

Synonyms

20 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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