break away - Meaning in Tamil

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break away - Meaning in Tamil

Definitions and Meaning of break away in English

break away verb

1. break off (a piece from a whole)

   Synonyms

   break off, chip off, chip, chip, come off

   Example

   • "Her tooth chipped"
2. move away or escape suddenly

   Synonyms

   break out, break

   Examples

   • "Nobody can break out--this prison is high security"
   • "The horses broke from the stable"
   • "Three inmates broke jail"
3. flee; take to one's heels; cut and run

   Synonyms

   bunk, escape, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, lam, lam, run away, run, scarper, scat, scat, take to the woods, turn tail

   Examples

   • "If you see this man, run!"
   • "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"
4. withdraw from an organization or communion

   Synonyms

   secede, splinter

   Example

   • "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away"
5. interrupt a continued activity

   Synonyms

   break

   Example

   • "She had broken with the traditional patterns"

Synonyms of break away

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

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