break
- noun
- /breɪk/
- After weeks of planning, they finally executed a successful break from the facility.
Examples
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Let's make a break for it.
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So listen, Frank... ...when you decide to make your break, and I know you will... ...you come talk to me.
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Unless I make a break for it with this thing.
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Shampoo running into his eyes, he makes a break for the office.
Fiction book (2000) -
Maybe, maybe we take a couple of the hostages, stage the distraction at the front, make a break through the back.
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As the two of them struggle, Gideon makes a break for it, stumbling across the lawn.
Fiction book (1998) -
The prisoners made a daring break from their cells under the cover of darkness.
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During the storm, there was a break in the barricade, allowing the animals to escape.
Synonyms
An act of getting away from a place where you are kept or are in danger
An escape from prison or jail that happens suddenly and often uses force
An act of leaving a group suddenly to be on your own
A planned or forced escape from prison
A planned escape from prison
An escape from prison done by force or secret planning
An escape from prison by one or more people
Antonyms
Idioms
To overcome barriers that stop women or minority groups getting higher jobs
- Informal
A sudden time when many people lose control and chaos starts
- Informal
To do new or difficult things on purpose to learn and grow
A phrase that says hurt to the body is worse than insults and words do not hurt
Compounds
- Specialized
A smaller tax people or companies must pay to encourage certain activities
- Jargon
A quick attack where a team moves fast down the court to score before the defense sets up
How Sudden
Surface Forms
Etymology
Break comes from an old English word brecan meaning 'to force open' or 'get free'. A 'break' from a place is a sudden escape through an opening.