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break away

verb as in depart

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"As I was approaching the exit, I felt myself being struck by the bullet…I could see the flesh and blood breaking away from my face."

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For De Goede's try against New Zealand, Pelletier broke away and threw a ridiculous one-handed offload back inside to send the lock through a gap.

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During his 2024 campaign, Mackenzie pitched himself as running in order to “break away from the hateful rhetoric and get things done.”

Dowd broke away from the Republican party due to his unhappiness with Bush’s handling of the Iraq war.

Eli Sanders added 55 more and even walk-on King Miller broke away for another big touchdown run, his second in as many weeks.

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