Source : WordNet®

break away
     v 1: break off (a piece from a whole); "Her tooth chipped" [syn:
          {chip}, {chip off}, {come off}, {break off}]
     2: move away or escape suddenly; "The horses broke from the
        stable"; "Three inmates broke jail"; "Nobody can break
        out--this prison is high security" [syn: {break}, {break
        out}]
     3: interrupt a continued activity; "She had broken with the
        traditional patterns" [syn: {break}]
     4: withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the break
        up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away" [syn: {secede},
         {splinter}]
     5: flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this
        man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed
        up" [syn: {run}, {scarper}, {turn tail}, {lam}, {run away},
         {hightail it}, {bunk}, {head for the hills}, {take to the
        woods}, {escape}, {fly the coop}]