break away
break
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way
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/bɚˈeÉĒk ɐwˈeÉĒ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "break away"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to break away
[phrase form: break]
01

āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to escape from a person who is holding one
Intransitive: to break away from sb/sth
to break away definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The child tried to break away from his mother's grasp and explore the park on his own.
āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻšāĻžāϤ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāϏāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻŦ⧇āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇ āϏāϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āφāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to distance oneself from a crowd or competitors, typically in a race
Intransitive: to break away | to break away from sb/sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The swimmer 's strategy was to break away from the crowded start.
āϏāĻžāρāϤāĻžāϰ⧁āϰ āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇ āϏāϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāĨ¤
03

āĻŦāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to separate a piece from a larger whole
Transitive: to break away sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The earthquake had the potential to break away portions of the mountain.
āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āĻŽā§āĻĒ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ āĻŦāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāύāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
04

āĻŦāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒ⧃āĻĨāĻ• āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to decide to leave a group or community
Intransitive: to break away from sb/sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The community leader wanted to break away from the established norms.
āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āύ⧇āϤāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻŋāϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇ āϏāϰ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
05

āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇ āϏāϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āφāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to stop or interrupt an ongoing activity
Intransitive
Transitive: to break away an activity
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The movie will break away for a brief intermission.
āϚāϞāĻšā§āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāϤāĻŋāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāϤāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
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