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break away

verb

1.

move away or escape suddenly

atburst break break out

2.

break off (a piece from a whole)

break off chip chip off come off

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3.

interrupt a continued activity

4.

withdraw from an organization or communion

offsplit split off secede splinter

Derived from:

5.

flee; take to one's heels; cut and run

atrin bunk escape fly the coop head for the hills hightail it lam run run away scarper scat take to the woods turn tail