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Meanings of break loose in English

Catalan
explotar
Spanish
explotar

Be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise.

explotar
Portuguese
fugir
Catalan
tocar el dos
Spanish
escapar

Run away from confinement.

fugir
Usage of break loose in English
1
The dogs seemed almost frantic now in their desire to break loose.
With Trapper Jim in the North Woods
2
I wish to break loose from the claims of this dull existence.
The Created Legend
3
Something must break loose in me before I can kill a man.
The Heritage of the Desert: A Novel
4
He had expected all hell to break loose, and here it was.
The Sea-Wolf
5
And yet he couldn't break loose though Carlo was not touching him.
Cry to heaven
6
He was shaking the entire structure in his efforts to break loose.
The Mammoth Hunters
7
If I went away, his spirit would break loose and follow me.
The Great Impersonation
8
Some day I'll break loose and take it out of him myself.
Army Boys on the Firing Line; or, Holding Back the German Drive
9
I tried to break loose, but four huge Martians were holding me.
Wandl the Invader
10
As Mr. Darrow stooped to repossess it, Andy managed to break loose.
Andy the Acrobat / Or, Out with the Greatest Show on Earth
11
Jack exerted all his exceptional strength to break loose, but in vain.
A Columbus of Space
12
But that's no reason why you should break loose all at once.
Demos
13
The two cocooned Skrit seemed about to break loose from their moorings.
The Andalite Chronicles
14
If so, then expect all hell to break loose on Saturday morning.
The South African
15
If you don't have the proper key, all hell would break loose.
The Wolf’s Hour
16
I was also pretty certain something like all hell would break loose.
Walking dead
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Translations for break loose
Break loose through the time
Break loose across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Common