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Meanings of break away in English

Portuguese
meter o rabo entre as pernas
Catalan
escapolir-se

Flee; take to one's heels; cut and run.

      meter o rabo entre as pernas
      Portuguese
      quebrar
      Catalan
      esquerdar
      Spanish
      picar

      Break off (a piece from a whole)

            quebrar
            Catalan
            trencar
            Spanish
            abandonar

            Move away or escape suddenly.

                  trencar
                  Portuguese
                  romper

                  Withdraw from an organization or communion.

                        romper
                        Usage of break away in English
                        1
                        It's time to break away from the failing and dysfunctional EU system.
                        Radio NZ
                        2
                        The answer is not to break away, though, but to stay united.
                        The Guardian
                        3
                        Why does this province, specifically, want to break away from South Africa?
                        The South African
                        4
                        There's a strong possibility the Ukraine will break away and join him.
                        Red inferno: 1945
                        5
                        Anxiety and fear will remain until you deliberately break away and commit.
                        Climbing Magazine
                        6
                        I knew they were going to try to break away from me.
                        Reuters
                        7
                        Fate has too strong a hold upon me; I cannot break away.
                        The Leavenworth Case
                        8
                        I try to break away from his grip, but he's too strong.
                        Hide and Seek
                        9
                        Then two or three would break away and make for the church.
                        A Wanderer in Florence
                        10
                        She tried to break away and stand up, but he held her.
                        Rot & ruin
                        11
                        He was the first Englishman to dare break away from literary conventions.
                        O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921
                        12
                        She clung to him fiercely, but then forced herself to break away.
                        Watch them die
                        13
                        And here I must break away from this problem, leaving it unsolved.
                        The Note-Books of Samuel Butler
                        14
                        And Jupiter Equilateral would not dare let anyone of them break away.
                        Gold in the Sky
                        15
                        Freya tried to break away from them, but the Dwarfs held her.
                        The Children of Odin: The Book of Northern Myths
                        16
                        Hitchcock: Only by knowing that you can break away from that past.
                        Wired
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                        Common
                        New Zealand
                        Common
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                        Common
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