broke loose
Escaped from restraints
Broke loose means escaped or became free from restraint.
A dog broke loose from its leash.
A prisoner broke loose from custody.
The phrase often describes sudden, uncontrolled release: All hell broke loose means chaos erupted.
The storm broke loose suggests violent onset.
To break loose is to escape confinement or restraint, whether physical or figurative.
- escapedGot away from confinement
- got awaySuccessfully evaded capture
- set freeRelease from confinement
- eruptedBurst out violently
- chaoticTotally without arrangement
burst forth · frenzy · unshackled · unleashed · destruction · disorder · liberated · unchained · fled · havoc · ran amok · absconded · bolted · pandemonium · tempestuousness · whirlwind · hysteria · riot