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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

break from en · VERB

Meanings

  1. To leave the cover of (a crowd, shelter, etc.).
    • Burning the ground, I break from the crowd I'm on the hunt, I'm after you 1982 May 4, Duran Duran, “Hungry Like the Wolf”, in Rio:
  2. Synonym of break with (“to cease having a positive connection with”).
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see break, from.

Forms

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broken from Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
breaks from Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
broke from Tense=Past lexicographic
breaking from Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Synonyms

break with