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breaks loose

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

Meaning of break loose

Verb

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

  1. To escape; to free oneself.
    • They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups.1909 September 9, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], “A Court Ball”, in The Squire’s Daughter, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC, page 9

Questions about breaks loose

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

Words near breaks loose in the dictionary

  1. breaks into
  2. breaks into a run
  3. breaks it
  4. breaks it down
  5. breaks it to
  6. breaks loose
  7. breaks luck
  8. breaks of gauge
  9. breaks off
  10. breaks on
  11. breaks on the wheel

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