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2. Try to remember how the meaning can be different when it pairs with different verbal phrases.

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break away

To separate from a crowd

One of the wolves broke away from his pack.

break down

1.     To go out of order, cease to function

2.     To lose control of one’s emotions

1.     The washing machine

2.     broke down so we had to call in the repair technician.

3.     John broke down when he heard the news.

break into

To enter by force

Burglars broke into my car last night.

break out

To start suddenly

Rioting broke out after the government raised the fuel prices again.

break out of

To escape from a place by force

Several prisoners broke out of jail.