Verb
break free (third-person singular simple present breaks free, present participle breaking free, simple past broke free, past participle broken free)
To liberate oneself; to free oneself; to become free (from or of something or someone).
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.
We need creativity in order to break free from the temporary structures that have been set up by a particular sequence of experience. Edward de Bono
Every man harbors an inner female territory ruled by his mother, from whom he can never entirely break free. Camille Paglia
Too young to hold on and too old to just break free and run. Jeff Buckley
Listen ... With faint dry sound, Like steps of passing ghosts, The leaves, frost-crisp'd, break free from the trees And fall. Adelaide Crapsey
Having never been in control of his own life, his idea of freedom was simply to break free. Orson Scott Card
I proclaim with confidence that Britain can get right back into the world competitive race if only we can break free of the collective chains which hold us back. Unlike the socialists, who trust the state, we trust the people. That is why we are the party of freedom. Margaret Thatcher