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broke loose

broke loose is the simple past 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 broke loose

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

Words near broke loose in the dictionary

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

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