āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
break away
/bÉšËeÉĒk ÉwËeÉĒ/
to break away
[phrase form: break]
01
āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŽā§āĻā§āϤ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to escape from a person who is holding one
Intransitive: to break away from sb/sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The child tried to break away from his mother's grasp and explore the park on his own.
āĻļāĻŋāĻļā§āĻāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧā§āϰ āĻšāĻžāϤ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻŦā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāϏāĻžāϰ āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻž āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻā§ āύāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ
āύā§āĻŦā§āώāĻŖ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02
āĻĻā§āϰ⧠āϏāϰ⧠āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to distance oneself from a crowd or competitors, typically in a race
Intransitive: to break away | to break away from sb/sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The swimmer 's strategy was to break away from the crowded start.
āϏāĻžāĻāϤāĻžāϰā§āϰ āĻā§āĻļāϞ āĻāĻŋāϞ āĻāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧā§āϰ āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻĻā§āϰ⧠āϏāϰ⧠āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāĨ¤
03
āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻŋāύā§āύ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻā§āϤ āĻāϰāĻž
to separate a piece from a larger whole
Transitive: to break away sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The earthquake had the potential to break away portions of the mountain.
āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§āϰ āĻ
āĻāĻļ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻŋāύā§āύ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāύāĻž āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
04
āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻŋāύā§āύ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to decide to leave a group or community
Intransitive: to break away from sb/sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The community leader wanted to break away from the established norms.
āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧā§āϰ āύā§āϤāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻŋāϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻĻā§āϰ⧠āϏāϰ⧠āϝā§āϤ⧠āĻā§āϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
05
āĻĻā§āϰ⧠āϏāϰ⧠āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to stop or interrupt an ongoing activity
Intransitive
Transitive: to break away an activity
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The movie will break away for a brief intermission.
āĻāϞāĻā§āĻāĻŋāϤā§āϰāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āϏāĻāĻā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāϤāĻŋāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāϤāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻŦā§āĨ¤
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