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Phrasal verbs Break

Break away:
to free oneself from restraint
He held the horse by the bridle but it broke away.
Break down:
His health has broken down due to hard work.
The car broke down on the way.
Break off:
to stop suddenly
He broke off in the middle of his speech.
Break in:
to tame
He broke in the wild lion in no time.
Break into:
to enter forcibly
The thieves broke into his house last night.
Break forth:
to come out suddenly
The sun broke forth from the clouds.

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Phrasal verbs Break
Break through:
to enter forcibly
The robbers broke through the wall of the house.
break up:
(to come to an end )
The meeting broke up in a great confusion.
(to disintegrate )
Divorce breaks up a lot of families.
Break with:
to cease to be friendly with (ii) to quarrel with a person
He broke with his sincere friend without any reason.
Break open:
to open with force.
The thief broke open the window of my house last night.
Break out:
to spread
Cholera has broken out in the city now-a-days.
Break at:
to make better record.
He broke at his previous record in cricket.

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