break away
    v 1: move away or escape suddenly; "The horses broke from the
         stable"; "Three inmates broke jail"; "Nobody can break out
         --this prison is high security" [syn: break, break out,
         break away]
    2: break off (a piece from a whole); "Her tooth chipped" [syn:
       chip, chip off, come off, break away, break off]
    3: interrupt a continued activity; "She had broken with the
       traditional patterns" [syn: break, break away]
    4: withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the break
       up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away" [syn:
       secede, splinter, break away]
    5: flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man,
       run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"
       [syn: scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run
       away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to
       the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away]