English Explanatory Dictionary

break loose

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To escape; to free oneself.

Word forms

break loose breaks loose breaking loose broke loose broken loose

Etymology

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

Related words

all hell breaks loose

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