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Break away

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To leave suddenly.

    "She was brought up in a very religious household, but broke away from the church in her teens."

  2. 2
    break off (a piece from a whole) wordnet
  3. 3
    To become separated, literally or figuratively.

    "A chunk of rock broke away from the cliff edge."

  4. 4
    move away or escape suddenly wordnet
  5. 5
    flee; take to one's heels; cut and run wordnet
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  1. 6
    withdraw from an organization or communion wordnet
  2. 7
    interrupt a continued activity wordnet

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