单词 | break away |
释义 | > as lemmasto break away to break away 1. transitive. [ < sense 33.] To sever or remove by breaking. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > detach [verb (transitive)] > break off breaka1200 to break away1420 to break off1530 brit1578 twig1725 1420 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 45 A branche of þe couercle [is] y-broke away. 1781 W. Cowper Expostulation 501 The lamp that with awaking beams, Dispell'd thy gloom and broke away thy dreams. 1855 D. Costello Stories from Screen 77 Those who..broke away the bars which kept him prisoner. 2. intransitive (for reflexive of a.) ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > become detached [verb (intransitive)] > break off to carry away1604 snap1796 to break away1860 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. §11. 70 The snow..broke away from the foot and fell into the chasm. 3. intransitive. [ < sense 36.] To start away with abruptness and force; to go off abruptly; to escape by breaking from restraint. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [verb (intransitive)] > from confinement atburstc1000 outbreakOE strayc1330 aventc1375 twinc1386 out-wina1425 to break away1535 disengage1647 to break bounds1816 to cut loose1828 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > go away suddenly or hastily fleec825 runOE swervea1225 biwevec1275 skip1338 streekc1380 warpa1400 yerna1400 smoltc1400 stepc1460 to flee (one's) touch?1515 skirr1548 rubc1550 to make awaya1566 lope1575 scuddle1577 scoura1592 to take the start1600 to walk off1604 to break awaya1616 to make off1652 to fly off1667 scuttle1681 whew1684 scamper1687 whistle off1689 brush1699 to buy a brush1699 to take (its, etc.) wing1704 decamp1751 to take (a) French leave1751 morris1765 to rush off1794 to hop the twig1797 to run along1803 scoot1805 to take off1815 speela1818 to cut (also make, take) one's lucky1821 to make (take) tracks (for)1824 absquatulize1829 mosey1829 absquatulate1830 put1834 streak1834 vamoose1834 to put out1835 cut1836 stump it1841 scratch1843 scarper1846 to vamoose the ranch1847 hook1851 shoo1851 slide1859 to cut and run1861 get1861 skedaddle1862 bolt1864 cheese it1866 to do a bunkc1870 to wake snakes1872 bunk1877 nit1882 to pull one's freight1884 fooster1892 to get the (also to) hell out (of)1892 smoke1893 mooch1899 to fly the coop1901 skyhoot1901 shemozzle1902 to light a shuck1905 to beat it1906 pooter1907 to take a run-out powder1909 blow1912 to buzz off1914 to hop it1914 skate1915 beetle1919 scram1928 amscray1931 boogie1940 skidoo1949 bug1950 do a flit1952 to do a scarper1958 to hit, split or take the breeze1959 to do a runner1980 to be (also get, go) ghost1986 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Jer. li. 6 The souldyers brake awaye, and fled out of the cite by night. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iv. iv. 1 Feare me not man, I will not breake away . View more context for this quotation a1627 T. Middleton et al. Widdow (1652) i. i. 2 When Thieves are taken, and break away twice or thrice one after an other, ther's my gains; then goes out more Warrants to fetch'em agen. 1852 M. F. Tupper Proverb. Philos. 317 A dappled hart hath flung aside the boughs and broke away. 1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton xii. 164 If people break away from the ordinary methods..they must take their chance. 4. Boxing. (See quot.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > box [verb (intransitive)] > separate to break away1897 break1932 1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 139/1 Break away, to get away from an opponent. 1904 A. J. Newton Boxing viii. 67 So clinched, they remain..on the lookout for an opportunity to break away in the most favourable manner. 1923 L. R. Tosswill Boxing Up-to-date 58 In competitions held under the auspices of the Royal Navy and Army..the command ‘Break away’ is given by the referee the moment the boxers clinch. 5. break away Of the weather: to clear up. Perhaps Obsolete. ΚΠ 1768 G. Washington Diaries I. 249 Very like to Snow but broke away abt. Sun Set. 1816 U. Brown in Maryland Hist. Mag. 11 221 This morning rains very much, about Ten o'Clock breaks away. break away 5. break away Of the weather: to clear up. Perhaps Obsolete. ΚΠ 1768 G. Washington Diaries I. 249 Very like to Snow but broke away abt. Sun Set. 1816 U. Brown in Maryland Hist. Mag. 11 221 This morning rains very much, about Ten o'Clock breaks away. < as lemmas |
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