BREAK AWAY (FROM SOMEONE)

break away (from someone): translation

break away (from someone) & break free (from someone) & break loose (from someone)

1. Lit. to get free of the physical hold of someone. •

I tried to break away from him, but he was holding me too tight.

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She broke free from him, at last.

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I broke free from the intruder.

2. Fig. to sever a relationship with another person, especially the parent-child relationship. •

He found it hard to break away from his mother.

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She was almost thirty before she finally broke free.