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broken loose

broken loose is the past participle 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 broken loose

What is broken loose the past participle of?
Broken loose is the past participle of break loose.

Words near broken loose in the dictionary

  1. broken into
  2. broken into a run
  3. broken it
  4. broken it down
  5. broken it to
  6. broken loose
  7. broken luck
  8. broken man
  9. broken men
  10. broken number
  11. broken numbers

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