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break loose

verb

Etymology

From Middle English breken los, breken lous, breken lowse, equivalent to break + loose.

  1. inherited from breken los

Definitions

  1. To escape

    To escape; to free oneself.

    • On the Lincolnshire side of the Humber, the Pier Station at New Holland was put out of action when the ferry boat plying to and from Hull broke loose from its moorings.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA