break free
Escape one's bonds
Break free means to escape from confinement or constraint.
A prisoner breaks free from captors; someone breaks free from a toxic relationship or limiting beliefs.
The phrase emphasizes forceful liberation—not passive release but active escape: She finally broke free from her family's expectations.
Often used with "of" or "from."
- get awayTo flee or depart
- fleeDepart swiftly from threat
- emancipateGrant freedom to
- unbindTo release from bonds
- escapeFlight from captivity
evade · elude · untether · unshackle · unchain · liberate · transcend · unleash · decolonize · spread your wings · extricate · bolt · jailbreak · get out · detach · disentangle · loosen · burst
- Escape Termsget away, run away, escape route, getaway, jailbreak
- breakbreakaway, breakout, breakup, jailbreak
- escapeescape, flee, run away, get away, flight
- releaseliberate, let go, unleash, release, loose
- protest sloganssi se puede, enough is enough, rise up, resist, ban the bomb
- departuresleave, depart, exit, leaving, go