- 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.
Exercise
Choose the right answer.

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