break away
Leave the group
To break away is to separate forcefully or abruptly from something that holds you.
A runner breaks away from the pack.
A region breaks away from a nation.
The verb often suggests escape or independence: She finally broke away from her controlling family.
As a noun or adjective, breakaway describes something that separates or is designed to separate: a breakaway republic, breakaway panels on a movie set.
Depart swiftly from threat
- boltThreaded rod for nuts
- dashQuick burst or pinch
- sprintBrief maximum-speed effort
- getawaySwift departure or retreat
elude · evade · scramble · slip · run · flight · abscond · vanish
To set apart
- splitSeparation into parts
- secedeFormally leave a group
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
self-determination · liberation · emancipation · self-governance · self-rule · splinter · defect · rebel
flee
Depart swiftly from threat
getaway · elude · evade · scramble · slip · run · flight · abscond · vanish · disappear
separate
To set apart
sovereignty · self-determination · liberation · emancipation · self-governance · self-rule · splinter · defect · rebel · dissent
separate
To set apart
- disconnectTo break a connection
- severCut apart completely
- splitSeparation into parts
snap · fracture · disengage · come loose · chip · crack · fragment · splinter · dislodge · tear
peloton
Main cycling group
pursuit · gap · draft · leader · chase · pack · race · stage · domestique · pursuit
- motion idiomsin motion, on the move, on the go, move forward, move along
- breakbreakup, jailbreak
- disconnectingdetaching, disconnect, disengaging, detach, disconnecting
- removeremove, peel, strip, scrape, take off
- initiativetake action, taking initiative, go for it, initiating, take the lead
- releasefree, liberate, let go, unleash, release
break awayjoin
Connect or enlist
remain · stick with · rejoin · affiliate · unite
break awayconform
Behave as expected
follow · fall in line · comply · toe the line · go along with