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Verb
- flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
- If you see this man, run!
- The burglars escaped before the police showed up
- withdraw from an organization or communion
- After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away
- interrupt a continued activity
- She had broken with the traditional patterns
- break off (a piece from a whole)
- move away or escape suddenly
- The horses broke from the stable
- Nobody can break out--this prison is high security