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Verb: break loose  breyk loos
  1. Be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise
    "His anger broke loose";
    - explode, burst forth
     
  2. Run away from confinement
    "The convicted murderer broke loose from a high security prison";
    - escape, get away

Derived forms: breaking loose, broken loose, breaks loose, broke loose

Type of: change state, cut and run [informal], flee, fly, take flight, turn