break-away

(v) move away or escape suddenly
- The horses broke from the stable
- Three inmates broke jail
- Nobody can break out--this prison is high security
break out, break,
(v) break off (a piece from a whole)
- Her tooth chipped
chip, chip off, break off, come off,
(v) interrupt a continued activity
- She had broken with the traditional patterns
break,
(v) withdraw from an organization or communion
- After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away
secede, splinter,
(v) flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
- If you see this man, run!
- The burglars escaped before the police showed up
fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail, run, bunk, escape,

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