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broke from

broke from is the simple past 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 broke from

What is broke from the simple past of?
Broke from is the simple past of break from.

Words near broke from in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: broke 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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