Meaning of break free | Babel Free

Definitions

To liberate oneself; to free oneself; to become free (from or of something or someone).

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Examples

“During the storm, the boat broke free from its moorings.”

“To address the climate crisis, we need⟳ to break⟳ free of our addiction to fossil fuels.”

“1721, Aaron Hill, The Fatal Extravagance, London: T. Jauncy, [Scene 1], p. 9, […] I saw⟳ his Lady, Wild, with a Storm of Grief! Her Hair dishevel’d! And her loose Robes, blown, careless, by the Wind! Struggling, with weeping Servants, to break⟳ free.”

“When the soul breaks free from the arms of a superstition, bits of the claws and talons break⟳ themselves off in him. It is not the work⟳ of a day to squeeze⟳ them out.”

“[A]n elephant was captured for a time by the king's hunters and, ere he broke free, beringed with a grievous leg-iron.”

“[…] the chopper slowed and wheeled around the treetop. It was one of the big ones whose crown had broken free of the rest⟳ to spread⟳ luxuriantly in the upper air […]”

“Tottenham left-back Benoit Assou-Ekotto broke free after a clever one-two with Emmanuel Adebayor, only to see⟳ his shot brilliantly saved by the Norwich keeper.”

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