break loose

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break loose

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

verb breaks loose · breaking loose · broke loose · broken loose

To escape; to free oneself. They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups.

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verb to escape; to free oneself

Español	soltarse

verb to lose traction

Español	perder tracción

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@misc{break_loose_2026,
  title = {break loose},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/break%20loose},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}