breaking loose
Slipping the restraints
Breaking loose is escaping from confinement or restraint—physical or figurative.
A prisoner breaks loose from chains; a dog breaks loose from its leash.
The phrase often describes sudden release of pent-up energy or emotion: All hell broke loose when the verdict was announced.
Something breaking loose suggests uncontrolled, often chaotic freedom.
- rush outLeave somewhere quickly
- freeWithout payment or restriction
- releaseTo let go
- getting outAct of leaving
- escapeFlight from captivity
liberate · breakout · jailbreak · detach · emancipate · disengage · extricate · unbind · unfasten · bolt · unshackle · flight · unleash · separation · rebellion · transformation · coming undone · bust out
- independencefreedom, liberty, Independence Day, autonomy, sovereignty
breaking looseholding back
Preventing forward movement
keeping calm · behaving · settling down · keeping it together · toeing the line
breaking loosefastening
Joining two parts together
securing · tying down · locking in · binding · attaching
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