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How to sign: withdraw from an organization or communion
"After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away";
Similiar / Same: secede, splinter
Categories: break, break up, part, separate, split, split up
How to sign: flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
"If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up";
Similiar / Same: scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, head for the hills, take to the woods, fly the coop, run, bunk, escape
Categories: go away, go forth, leave
Within this category: flee, skedaddle
How to sign: the act of breaking away or withdrawing from
"there was a breakaway by the discontented members"; "a breaking away from family and neighborhood";
Similiar / Same: breaking away
Categories: secession, withdrawal
