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break away

break away verb: to leave suddenly.

Verb

break away (third-person singular simple present breaks away, present participle breaking away, simple past broke away, past participle broken away)

  1. To leave suddenly.
    • She was brought up in a very religious household, but broke away from the church in her teens.
  2. To become separated, literally or figuratively.
    • A chunk of rock broke away from the cliff edge.

break away meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

break away in Tamil

பிரிந்து செல், பிரிந்து செல்லல், பிரிந்து செல்ல், பிரிவினை

break away in Malayalam

get away, escape, run away
പിടിവിട്ടോടുക, പിടിയിൽന്നു രക്ഷപ്പെടുക, രക്ഷപ്പെടുക, വഴുതിപ്പോകുക, ഒളിച്ചോടുക, രക്ഷപെട്ടോടുക
secede from, leave, split off from
വിട്ടുപോകുക, വേർപിരിയുക, പിരിയുക, വേർതിരിയുക, വിട്ടുമാറുക, മാറുക

Forms of break away

third-person singular presentbreaks away
present participlebreaking away
pastbroke away
past participlebroken away

Words formed from break away

Questions about break away

What does break away mean?
Break away means to leave suddenly.
What is break away in Tamil?
Break away in Tamil is பிரிந்து செல், பிரிந்து செல்லல், பிரிந்து செல்ல். See Break away meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is break away?
Break away is a verb.
What is the past tense of break away?
The past tense of break away is broke away.

Words near break away in the dictionary

  1. break and enter
  2. break and enters
  3. break and entry
  4. break apart
  5. break ass
  6. break away
  7. break back
  8. break bad
  9. break bread
  10. break bulk
  11. break camp

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Adapted from Wiktionary: break away (page history and authors); break away (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); break away (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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