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Defenition of the word break away

    • Defenition of the word break away

      • To flee; to take to one's heels; to cut and run.
      • interrupt a continued activity; "She had broken with the traditional patterns"
      • move away or escape suddenly; "The horses broke from the stable"; "Three inmates broke jail"
      • break off; of a piece from a whole; "Her tooth chipped"
      • take to one's heels; cut and run
      • withdraw from an organization or communion
      • break off (a piece from a whole); "Her tooth chipped"
      • move away or escape suddenly; "The horses broke from the stable"; "Three inmates broke jail"; "Nobody can break out--this prison is high security"
      • flee; take to one''s heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"
      • withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away"
      • break off (a piece from a whole)
      • move away or escape suddenly
      • flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
      • interrupt a continued activity

    Synonyms for the word break away

      • break
      • break off
      • break out
      • bunk
      • chip
      • chip off
      • come off
      • escape
      • fly the coop
      • head for the hills
      • hightail it
      • lam
      • run
      • run away
      • scarper
      • scat
      • secede
      • splinter
      • take to the woods
      • turn tail

    Hyponyms for the word break away

      • exfoliate
      • flake
      • flake off
      • flee
      • fly
      • peel
      • peel off
      • skedaddle
      • take flight

    Hypernyms for the word break away

      • break
      • break loose
      • break up
      • divide
      • escape
      • get away
      • go away
      • go forth
      • leave
      • part
      • separate
      • split
      • split up

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