break from

English

Verb

break from (third-person singular simple present breaks from, present participle breaking from, simple past broke from, past participle broken from)

1. To leave the cover of (a crowd, shelter, etc.).
   • 1982 May 4, Duran Duran, “Hungry Like the Wolf”, in Rio‎^[1]:

     Burning the ground, I break from the crowd
     I'm on the hunt, I'm after you

2. Synonym of break with (“to cease having a positive connection with”)
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see break,‎ from.