break loose
English
verb
Definitions
- To escape; to free oneself.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English breken los affix from English break (break, game won against the server) + English loose.
Origin
English
loose
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- beambreak English
- bebreak English
- bio-break English
- brake pedal English
- break English
- break off English
- break-bones English
- break-promise English
- break-vow English
- breakability English
- breakable English
- breakage English
- breakaway English
- breakbeat English
- breakbone English
- breakcore English
- breakdance English
- breakdancing English
- breaker English
- breaker bar English
- breakest English
- breaketh English
- breakface English
- breakfast English
- breakfront English
- breakle English
- breakless English
- breakly English
- breakneck English
- breakoff English
- breakopen English
- breakpoint English
- breakproof English
- breakstone English
- breakthrough English
- breakthru English
- breaktime English
- breakup English
- breakwater English
- breakwind English
- breaky English
- brickle English
- brokeback English
- crossbreak English
- firebreak English
- footloose English
- forbreak English
- heartbreak English
- housebreak English
- inbreak English
- jailbreak English
- loose English
- loose-handed English
- loosefill English
- loosehead English
- loosejaw English
- looseleaf English
- loosely English
- loosen English
- looseness English
- looseth English
- loosey English
- loosish English
- lunchbreak English
- microbreak English
- midterm break English
- mini-break English
- minibreak English
- nanobreak English
- newsbreak English
- nightbreak English
- outbreak English
- outloose English
- overbreak English
- overloose English
- prebreak English
- rebreak English
- shelfbreak English
- stonebreak English
- strikebreak English
- sunbreak English
- tiebreak English
- tobreak English
- ultraloose English
- un-break English
- unbreak English
- unbreakable English
- underbreak English
- unloose English
- upbreak English
- waterbreak English
- windbreak English
- word break English
- breikata Finnish
- break Italian
- break French
- *bʰreg- Proto-Indo-European
- ブレイク Japanese
- ルーズ Japanese
- breken Middle English
- breken los Middle English
- loos Middle English
- bruk Tok Pisin
- brukim Tok Pisin
- بريك Gulf Arabic
- bruck Jamaican Creole
- loose
- break
- breaky
- loosey
- loosen
- breakly
- breaker
- unloose
- loosish
- bebreak
- breakup
- tobreak
- inbreak
- brickle
- upbreak
- rebreak
- unbreak
- loosely
- looseth
- breakle
- sunbreak
- outloose
- breakest
- breakoff
- breakage
- prebreak
- tiebreak
- forbreak
- un-break
- outbreak
- loosejaw
- breaketh
- breakface
- breakcore
- nanobreak
- loosehead
- break off
- breakneck
- minibreak
- breakaway
- bio-break
- newsbreak
- breakfast
- windbreak
- loosefill
- beambreak
- breakthru
- breakable
- jailbreak
- breakless
- break-vow
- firebreak
- overloose
- breakwind
- breaktime
- brokeback
- breakopen
- breakbeat
- looseleaf
- breakbone
- overbreak
- footloose
- looseness
- breakfront
- mini-break
- stonebreak
- word break
- lunchbreak
- nightbreak
- waterbreak
- microbreak
- underbreak
- breakwater
- breakpoint
- ultraloose
- housebreak
- breakproof
- breakstone
- heartbreak
- shelfbreak
- crossbreak
- breakdance
- break-bones
- unbreakable
- breaker bar
- brake pedal
- strikebreak
- loose-handed
- breakthrough
- breakability
- breakdancing
- break-promise
- midterm break