break away

Meaning

1. Editorial60% of films

   to get free of work, a routine, or a situation that keeps you occupied, so you can leave or do something else

   ...with a high-tech computer outfit, so it's very hard for her to break away.

2. Oxford40% of films

   to move away from a crowd or group, especially in a race

   Break away! Move it!

In the movies · 8

• Break away! Move it!Juice1992
• breaks away at the entrance.Senna2010
• Not me. The Kovarian Chapter broke away.Doctor Who The Time of the Doctor2013
• It was inevitable that Chris would break away.Into the Wild2007
• cheating, scamming, fragmenting, breaking away.Trainspotting1996
• ...with a high-tech computer outfit, so it's very hard for her to break away.About Schmidt2002
• $ I've made my reservation I'm leaving town tomorrow $ $ I'll find somebody new and there'll be no more sorrow $ $ That's what I do each time but I can't follow through $ $ I can't break away though you make me cry $ $ I can't break away I can't say good-bye $ $ No, I'll never, ever break away from you $ $ No, no No, no, no, no $ $ No, no, no, no No, no, no, no $$ Who can think with all that?The Secret Life of Bees2008
• Exactly. So there I would be, year after year spouting the same old stuff, unable to break away from the curriculum in case I got complaints from the head and unable to ask them anything real in case we lost time and just battling through the work and getting them through the exams and then you just start again the following year doing the same old stuff. It was just stultifying.Good Luck to You, Leo Grande2022

Learn it in full scenes

• About Schmidt2002
  • Ray's Toast at the Retirement Dinner
  • Jeannie's Long-Distance Call Home
  • Warren's Video Letter to Ndugu

From the same entry

• break down
• break down
• break for
• break in
• break in
• break in
• break into
• break off
• break off
• break out
• break out
• break out in