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broke away

verb as in depart

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The public cheered Holmes when she broke away from Cruise with a similar element of challenge and ingenuity.

He broke away from the shouting photographers, saying he wanted his shower.

When the ALP was taken over by the communists, it broke away and helped form the Liberal Party.

Kip broke away from the shrubbery and ran across the open lawn toward that point where the man lay on the ground.

The clouds soon broke away and for the remainder of the day the weather was as fine as could possibly be wished for.

The brush tickled him; he did not like to taste of the ink: at last he broke away, and hid himself under the sofa.

Now and then a fellow broke away through the hedge, in hope of finding a better road on the other side.

Whole regiments broke away, and were not reorganized until after the battle.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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