to break loose
1break\ loose — • break away • break loose v. phr. To liberate oneself from someone or something. Jane tried to break loose from her attacker, but he was too strong …
2break loose — break free or break loose 1) to escape from someone who is trying to hold you 2) to escape from an unpleasant person or situation that controls your life She ll never be happy until she breaks free of her family …
3break loose — index elude, escape Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
4break loose — verb 1. be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise (Freq. 2) His anger exploded • Syn: ↑explode, ↑burst forth • Derivationally related forms: ↑explosion (for: ↑ …
5break loose — v. (D; intr.) to break loose from * * * (D; intr.) to break loose from …
6To break loose — Loose Loose (l[=oo]s), a. [Compar. {Looser} (l[=oo]s [ e]r); superl. {Loosest}.] [OE. loos, lous, laus, Icel. lauss; akin to OD. loos, D. los, AS. le[ a]s false, deceitful, G. los, loose, Dan. & Sw. l[ o]s, Goth. laus, and E. lose. [root]127. See …
7To break loose — Break Break (br[=a]k), v. i. 1. To come apart or divide into two or more pieces, usually with suddenness and violence; to part; to burst asunder. [1913 Webster] 2. To open spontaneously, or by pressure from within, as a bubble, a tumor, a seed… …
8hell break loose — (all) hell break loose See at: a hell of a (someone/something) …
9break loose — Synonyms and related words: bail out, break away, break jail, break out, clear, cut loose, disembarrass, disembroil, disengage, disentangle, disinvolve, dislodge, escape, escape prison, evade, extricate, flee, fly the coop, free, get away, get… …
10break loose — to escape. People are worried that they would be unsafe if that tiger ever broke loose …
