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breaking away   (TTS Sound)

The noun breaking away has 2 senses

• breakaway, breaking away -- (the act of breaking away or withdrawing from; "there was a breakaway by the discontented members"; "a breaking away from family and neighborhood")


• breaking away -- (departing hastily)

The verb break away has 5 senses

• break, break out, break away -- (move away or escape suddenly; "The horses broke from the stable"; "Three inmates broke jail"; "Nobody can break out--this prison is high security")


• chip, chip off, come off, break away, break off -- (break off (a piece from a whole); "Her tooth chipped")


• break, break away -- (interrupt a continued activity; "She had broken with the traditional patterns")


• secede, splinter, break away -- (withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away")


• scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away -- (flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up")