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break-away, breakaway|ˈbreɪkəweɪ|
Pl. break-aways, breaks-away.
[f. phr. to break away: see break v. 50.]
1. The action of breaking away; severance.
1897Badminton Mag. IV. 421 A big break-away occurs in the ranks [of flying rooks]. 1909Daily Chron. 13 July 1/4 The owners report that there is no ‘breakaway’ from the agreement. 1923Glasgow Herald 1 Feb. 6 A challenging breakaway from rhythm. 1923Daily Mail 31 May 13 There is a natural breakaway of the water on one side into a bog. 1950H. Read Educ. for Peace iv. 55 A complete break-away from a pedagogic tradition which had its origins in the Revival of Learning.
2. Austral.
a. A panic rush of animals, usually at the sight or smell of water; a stampede.
1891‘The Breakaway’, title of picture by Tom Roberts at Victorian Artists' Exhibition (Morris Austral Eng.).
b. An animal that leaves the herd.
1893Argus 29 Apr. 4/4 (Morris), The smartest stock horse that ever brought his rider up within whip distance of a breakaway.
3. In various sports, the act of breaking away or getting free.
a. Athletics, Racing. A false start to a race.
b. Boxing. The getting away from one's opponent or the separating of the contestants after a spell of in-fighting.
c. Assoc. Football. A sudden rush of a player or players with the ball towards the opponents' goal (esp. after a period of pressure); in Rugby Football used esp. of the action of a player moving quickly away from the scrummage.
d. Cycling. (See quots. 1961); also, a cyclist who is leading in a race.
1885Times 4 June 10/3 After several breaks away the 12 competitors were despatched to an excellent start. 1906Daily Chron. 7 Sept. 9/4 They scored from a breakaway. 1909Westm. Gaz. 29 Nov. 12/2 The visitors fully deserved their win, for, save for a few spasmodic breaks-away by the home team, they were pressing continually. 1928Daily Mail 9 Aug. 14/1 A bad preliminary breakaway, which delayed the start. 1930I. M. B. Stuart Theory Mod. Rugby Practice vi. 111 The wing forwards would be well advised..to..hold themselves in readiness for a quick break-away. 1961F. C. Avis Sportsman's Gloss. 149/1 Breakaway, a sudden and significant opening up of a gap in advance of the main group of riders in a cycle race. 1961Partridge Dict. Slang Suppl. 1013/2 The breakaway, those competitors who have established a substantial lead: racing cyclists' coll.: since ca. 1925. 1961Times 7 June 5/6 The exception to the general massing of the riders were the early breakaways of Jacobs..and Tarr.
4. attrib. or as adj. That breaks away or has broken away; seceding.
1934in Webster. 1949Koestler Promise & Fulf. iii. i. 310 The so-called ‘General Zionists’ and the ‘Progressive Party’, a break-away group of the former. 1951Engineering 13 July 56/2 Breakaway unions were condemned by..the Minister of Labour. 1961Listener 28 Dec. 1116/2 The ‘breakaway’ province of Katanga.
b. spec. in Rugby Football. Applied to a forward in the side row of the scrummage. Also ellipt.
1954J. B. G. Thomas On Tour 114 A twenty-eight-year-old salesman and tall breakaway forward. 1955Times 22 Aug. 3/1 The breakaway men, Fry, Retief, and Ackermann, covered a vast amount of ground and showed great speed in the open. 1969Australian 24 May 36/7 Other NSW Country forwards who could force their way into the State side tomorrow are breakaway Dick Cocks, and prop Ross Turnbull. |