break away

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Meaning

move away or escape suddenly

interrupt a continued activity

break off (a piece from a whole)

flee; take to one's heels; cut and run

withdraw from an organization or communion

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I like companies that try and break away from the norm. Lawrence Taylor

In 1937, I began, like Lazarus, the impossible return. I began to break away from Communism and to climb from deep within its underground, where for six years I had been buried, back into the world of free men. Whittaker Chambers

I am losing precious days. I am degenerating into a machine for making money. I am learning nothing in this trivial world of men. I must break away and get out into the mountains to learn the news. John Muir

Traditions that were once vital, sincere and splendid and which are now merely empty formulae, [nor to imitate fifth rate western art slavishly] break away from both and produce something vital, connected with the soil, something essentially Indian. Amrita Sher-Gil

I break away from all conventions that do not lead to my earthly success and happiness. Anton LaVey

For those men who, sooner or later, are lucky enough to break away from the pack, the most intoxicating moment comes when they cease being bodies in other men's command and find that they control their own time, when they learn their own voice and authority. Theodore White

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