break away

[ breyk ]

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If you're going to marry her, marry her; if not, break away.

He meant to break away from his present employment when the Yukon “rush” came.

I didn't get a chance to break away until we got to our own ranch.

We are convinced that we are better than our fathers, and must break away from their tutelage.

When they press upon us at the last, let no one of us break away.

Lum will be timekeeper and referee to make them break away when they clinch.

They treat him well now and leave me alone as long as I do not try to break away.

Should he have had the courage to break away even from his present curacy?

Then the hypodermic fell from his nerveless hand and he fought to break away.

I'm not denying the possibility that he wants to break away, but that's only natural.

WORD ORIGIN

Old English brecan "to break, shatter, burst; injure, violate, destroy, curtail; break into, rush into; burst forth, spring out; subdue, tame" (class IV strong verb; past tense bræc, past participle brocen), from Proto-Germanic *brekan (cf. Old Frisian breka, Dutch breken, Old High German brehhan, German brechen, Gothic brikan), from PIE root *bhreg- "to break" (see fraction). Most modern senses were in Old English. In reference to the heart from early 13c. Meaning "to disclose" is from early 13c.

Break bread "share food" (with) is from late 14c. Break the ice is c.1600, in reference to the "coldness" of encounters of strangers. Break wind first attested 1550s. To break (something) out (1890s) probably is an image from dock work, of freeing cargo before unloading it. Ironic theatrical good luck formula break a leg has parallels in German Hals- und Beinbruch "break your neck and leg," and Italian in bocca al lupo. Evidence of a highly superstitious craft (cf. Macbeth).

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