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breaks from

breaks from is the third-person singular simple present indicative of break from.

Meaning of break from

Verb

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

  1. To leave the cover of (a crowd, shelter, etc.).
    • Burning the ground, I break from the crowd
      I'm on the hunt, I'm after you1982 May 4, Duran Duran, “Hungry Like the Wolf”, in Rio
  2. Synonym of break with (“to cease having a positive connection with”).
    Synonyms:
    break with
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see break, from.

Questions about breaks from

What is breaks from the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Breaks from is the third-person singular simple present indicative of break from.

Words near breaks from in the dictionary

  1. breaks down to brass tacks
  2. breaks edge
  3. breaks even
  4. breaks fast
  5. breaks free
  6. breaks from
  7. breaks gates
  8. breaks ground
  9. breaks in
  10. breaks into
  11. breaks into a run

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Adapted from Wiktionary: breaks from (page history and authors); break from (page history and authors). 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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