• break away from somebody = leave somebody who is holding you.
  She broke away from her father and now lives by herself.
• break down = stop working.
  Oh, no! The computer broke down again!
• break down = be unable to stop yourself crying.
  She broke down and started crying.
• break something down = break down something = remove something.
  Police had to break down the door to enter the building.
• break something down = break down something = separate something into smaller parts so that it is easier to do.
  The teacher broke down the lesson to help us understand it.
• break in = break into = enter a building by using force, to steal something.
  The thief broke in and stole the new TV.
• break off = suddenly stop talking.
  He started to speak but then broke off to answer the phone.
• break something off = break off something = end a relationship.
  They broke off their engagement after four years.
• break out = start.
  I was in Berlin when the war broke out.
• break out of something = escape from a place.
  Two prisoners have managed to break out of the jail.
• break up = break into a lot of small pieces.
  The plane broke up in the air.
• break something up = break up something = separate something into smaller parts.
  They want to break the company up into smaller companies.
• break something up = break up something = make people leave a place where they have been meeting.
  Police arrived and they broke up the demonstration.
• break up with somebody = separate, not live with somebody any more.
  Lisa broke up with Thomas last month.

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