to break free from
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4.1
- phrasal verb
- /breɪk friː frʌm/
:
liberarse de
- After years of feeling trapped, she finally decided to break free from her toxic relationship.
- break free from
- attempt to break free from
- broke free from the strict confines
And so they don't, they don't learn to break free from the mould.
- And so they don't, they don't learn to break free from the mould.
- But if you're going to break free from this, you've got to acknowledge why you're even there.
- How many people are out there that are trying to break free from under this thumb of rule just because of reasons?
- What if you could break free from that cycle and really stay calm no matter what life throws at you?
- This was my chance to break free from a schedule that someone else gives me or tasks that someone else gives me.
- And I think I just with time with working through it with my therapist, all of that allowed me to actually break free from that.
- So after all that, then how did you manage to break free from Saint William's?
- And in this book, Doctor Deloney walks you through six daily choices to recognize and break free from a life that's spinning out of control.
- Dead end relationship finally breaks free from it, right?
- That leaves no opportunity for any kind of freedom to break free from the constraint of physical law.
Examples
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My hope for her is that she is able to break free from her past.
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And in this book, Doctor Deloney walks you through six daily choices to recognize and break free from a life that's spinning out of control.
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Took me quite a while to break free from your spell.
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And he said something along the lines of, he wanted to break free from his family, wanted to seek a sense of adventure.
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So after all that, then how did you manage to break free from Saint William's?
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What if you could break free from that cycle and really stay calm no matter what life throws at you?
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But to do that, we must break free from the petty politics of the past.
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No, I had a stable childhood but with an underlying desire to break free from control or authority.
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Richard's mission was to help you play and break free from this vicious cycle that society has created for us.
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I am a 28-year-old woman with the goal of breaking free from the 9-to-5 mold.
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Synonyms
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1.0
To get away from a place where you are kept or are in danger
∞
1.8
To let someone or something go free from being held
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1.0
To release someone or something that is held
218
2.7
To let a person or animal go after keeping them in a place where they could not leave
165
3.0
To escape from people who are holding you, often by force
137
2.7
To get away from a person, place, or situation that causes trouble
104
4.3
Set someone free from prison or unfair control
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1.1
To become difficult to control or stop, for example prices
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3.6
To get free quickly from a place or situation, often from captivity
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7.0
To set someone free from unfair control or rules so they have equal rights
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7.6
Free a person or thing from something that traps them
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4.4
To have fun and act without control, or to remove someone from their job
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4.9
To free someone from a difficult or confusing situation
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3.9
To force yourself free from a place or person
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4.1
Remove chains and other things that hold someone so they are free
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6.5
Free someone or something from limits and control
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3.6
To escape suddenly from control, capture, or a group
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5.8
To free a person or thing from a difficult situation
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6.2
To free someone or something from limits so they can act more freely
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9.9
To free someone from control or false ideas
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6.7
To free something by letting go of ties or limits
To free yourself from a promise or duty that controls your life
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to escape from limitations or control' is directly derivable from combining 'break' (to break away/escape) with 'free' (unrestrained) and the preposition 'from' (indicating source). This verb + adjective + preposition composition is transparent and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents can infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Break free from shows a simple image: imagine someone snapping chains to get out of a cage, so they break what holds them and are free. So to break free from someone or something means 'to escape control' or 'become independent'.