break away

verbs

move away or escape suddenly
"The horses broke from the stable"; "Three inmates broke jail"; "Nobody can break out--this prison is high security"
break, break away, break out
break off (a piece from a whole)
"Her tooth chipped"
break away, break off, chip, chip off, come off
interrupt a continued activity
"She had broken with the traditional patterns"
break, break away
withdraw from an organization or communion
"After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away"
break away, secede, splinter
is derived from
breakaway
flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
"If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"
break away, bunk, escape, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail