break something away—detach smth. completely by breaking:
- You’ll have to break the branches away to get through the thick forest.
break something off—
1. cause smth. to come apart from smth. else:
- Mary broke off some of the chocolate to give to the children.
2. = break something away:
- These are wonderful plants and I definitely need advice on what to do after they bloom. How far do you break the branches off?
3. (of an agreement, association, etc.) end abruptly; discontinue:
- The talks were broken off an hour ago and will not be resumed today.
4. stop doing smth. for a short time:
- Let’s break off work and have a cup of tea now.
break something out—
1. break smth. in an outward direction:
- They had to break the door out to escape from the fire.
2. unfold or open smth.:
- We must break out a new case of wine for his birthday.