break loose

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

break loose
    v 1: be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise; "His anger
         exploded" [syn: {explode}, {burst forth}, {break loose}]
    2: run away from confinement; "The convicted murderer escaped
       from a high security prison" [syn: {escape}, {get away},
       {break loose}]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

34 Moby Thesaurus words for "break loose":
      bail out, break away, break jail, break out, clear, cut loose,
      disembarrass, disembroil, disengage, disentangle, disinvolve,
      dislodge, escape, escape prison, evade, extricate, flee,
      fly the coop, free, get away, get clear of, get free, get out,
      get out of, jump, make a getaway, release, skip, slip the collar,
      tear loose, unknot, unravel, unsnarl, untangle

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