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Synonyms
chip
chip off
come off
break off
break out
secede
splinter
run
scarper
turn tail
lam
run away
hightail it
bunk
head for the hills
take to the woods
escape
fly the coop
breakaway
breaking away
break away
verb
break off (a piece from a whole):
"Her tooth chipped"
move away or escape suddenly:
"The horses broke from the stable"
interrupt a continued activity:
"She had broken with the traditional patterns"
withdraw from an organization or communion:
"After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away"
flee:
take to one's heels
noun
the act of breaking away or withdrawing from:
"there was a breakaway by the discontented members"
adj
having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude:
"a breakaway faction"
WordNet 2.1 Copyright 2005 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.