Jane tried to break loose from her attacker, but he was too strong.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
break loose — break free or break loose 1) to escape from someone who is trying to hold you 2) to escape from an unpleasant person or situation that controls your life She ll never be happy until she breaks free of her family … English dictionary
break loose — index elude, escape Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
break loose — verb 1. be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise (Freq. 2) His anger exploded • Syn: ↑explode, ↑burst forth • Derivationally related forms: ↑explosion (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
break loose — v. (D; intr.) to break loose from * * * (D; intr.) to break loose from … Combinatory dictionary
break loose — Synonyms and related words: 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… … Moby Thesaurus
break loose — to escape. People are worried that they would be unsafe if that tiger ever broke loose … New idioms dictionary
To break loose — Loose Loose (l[=oo]s), a. [Compar. {Looser} (l[=oo]s [ e]r); superl. {Loosest}.] [OE. loos, lous, laus, Icel. lauss; akin to OD. loos, D. los, AS. le[ a]s false, deceitful, G. los, loose, Dan. & Sw. l[ o]s, Goth. laus, and E. lose. [root]127. See … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To break loose — Break Break (br[=a]k), v. i. 1. To come apart or divide into two or more pieces, usually with suddenness and violence; to part; to burst asunder. [1913 Webster] 2. To open spontaneously, or by pressure from within, as a bubble, a tumor, a seed… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
break loose — verb to escape, to free oneself … Wiktionary
break loose — free oneself, escape … English contemporary dictionary
