Found 1 items, similar to break away.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: break away break away v 1: break off (a piece from a whole); “Her tooth chipped” [syn: chip, chip off, come off, break off] 2: move away or escape suddenly; “The horses broke from the stable”; “Three inmates broke jail”; “Nobody can break out--this prison is high security” [syn: break, break out ] 3: interrupt a continued activity; “She had broken with the traditional patterns” [syn: break] 4: withdraw from an organization or communion; “After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away” [syn: secede, splinter] 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: run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods , escape, fly the coop]