break loose

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Verb	1.	break loose - be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise; "His anger exploded" burst forth, explode change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"
	2.	break loose - run away from confinement; "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison" escape, get away break away, break out, break - move away or escape suddenly; "The horses broke from the stable"; "Three inmates broke jail"; "Nobody can break out--this prison is high security" escape from, shake off, throw off, shake - get rid of; "I couldn't shake the car that was following me" elude, evade, bilk - escape, either physically or mentally; "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation" flee, take flight, fly - run away quickly; "He threw down his gun and fled" slip - move smoothly and easily; "the bolt slipped into place"; "water slipped from the polished marble" run away - escape from the control of; "Industry is running away with us all" get away, escape - remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion; "We escaped to our summer house for a few days"; "The president of the company never manages to get away during the summer"

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bilk break break away break out burst forth change state elude escapable escape escape from escaped Escaper evade explode flee get away hell run away shake off	With her means of protection gone, Lys was now at the mercy of the hatchet-man; nor was it many hours before he had caught her at the base of the cliff and seized her; but as he bore her triumphantly aloft toward his cave, she had managed to break loose and escape him. The Land That Time Forgot by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context Love is his tyrant, and lives lordly in him and lawlessly, and being himself a king, leads him on, as a tyrant leads a State, to the performance of any reckless deed by which he can maintain himself and the rabble of his associates, whether those whom evil communications have brought in from without, or those whom he himself has allowed to break loose within him by reason of a similar evil nature in himself. The Republic by Plato View in context "Expect all hell to break loose," he cautioned me, "but don't mind it. The Sea Wolf by London, Jack View in context	breadknife Breadless breadline breadnut breadroot breadstick breadstuff breadth breadth index Breadthless breadthways breadthwise breadwinner break break apart break away break bread break camp break dance break dancing break down break even break feeding break in break into break loose break of day break of serve break of the day break off break one's back break open break out break point break seal break short break someone's heart break through break up break water break wind break with break-axe break-bulk Break-circuit break-dance break-dancing break-even break-in break-out break-out group	break heart break in break in break in break in break in break in break in ear break in ear break in ear break in on Break in Process Break in Service break in wool break in wool break in wool break into break into break into break into break into break into break into a gallop Break Into Other Computers Break Issue Break Issues Break It Down Boston Break it up! Break key BREAK LOCK break loose break loose from break neck break neck break neck break neck break new ground break new ground break new ground break new ground break new ground break new ground break news Break O'Day Health Resource Association break of break of day Break of Day Design Studio LLC Break of Entry Break of Integrity Break of Reality break of serve break of serve break of serve break of serve break of serve break of the day break off break off break off break off break off

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With her means of protection gone, Lys was now at the mercy of the hatchet-man; nor was it many hours before he had caught her at the base of the cliff and seized her; but as he bore her triumphantly aloft toward his cave, she had managed to break loose and escape him.

The Land That Time Forgot by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

Love is his tyrant, and lives lordly in him and lawlessly, and being himself a king, leads him on, as a tyrant leads a State, to the performance of any reckless deed by which he can maintain himself and the rabble of his associates, whether those whom evil communications have brought in from without, or those whom he himself has allowed to break loose within him by reason of a similar evil nature in himself.

The Republic by Plato View in context

"Expect all hell to break loose," he cautioned me, "but don't mind it.

The Sea Wolf by London, Jack View in context