Definitions for breaking away
break·ing away

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1. breakaway, breaking awaynoun

   the act of breaking away or withdrawing from

   "there was a breakaway by the discontented members"; "a breaking away from family and neighborhood"

2. breaking awaynoun

   departing hastily

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1. Breaking Away

   Breaking Away is a 1979 American coming of age comedy-drama film produced and directed by Peter Yates and written by Steve Tesich. It follows a group of four male teenagers in Bloomington, Indiana, who have recently graduated from high school. The film stars Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern (in his film debut), Jackie Earle Haley, Barbara Barrie, Paul Dooley, and Robyn Douglass. Breaking Away won the 1979 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Tesich, and received nominations in four other categories, including Best Picture. It also won the 1979 Golden Globe Award for Best Film (Comedy or Musical), and received nominations in three other Golden Globe categories. As the film's young lead, Christopher won the 1979 BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer and the 1979 Young Artist Award for Best Juvenile Actor, as well as getting a Golden Globe nomination as New Star of the Year. The film was ranked eighth on the List of America's 100 Most Inspiring Movies compiled by the American Film Institute (AFI) in 2006. In June 2008, AFI also announced its 10 Top 10—the best ten films in ten classic American film genres—after polling over 1,500 people from the creative community. In that poll Breaking Away ranked as the eighth best film in the sports genre.Tesich was an alumnus of Indiana University Bloomington. The film was shot in and around Bloomington and on the university's campus.

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1. breaking away

   Breaking away refers to the act of separating or detaching oneself from a certain group, norm, system, or any form of alliance or attachment. It could manifest physically, such as moving or relocating, or metaphorically, such as challenging traditional views or norms, ending a relationship, or establishing independence from an organization or ideology. It can entail forging an individual path or outlook, often implying a sense of rebellion, freedom, or self-discovery.

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1. Breaking Away

   Breaking Away is a 1979 American coming of age comedy-drama film that follows a group of four male teenagers in Bloomington, Indiana, who have recently graduated from high school. It stars Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern, Jackie Earle Haley, Barbara Barrie and Paul Dooley. The film was written by Steve Tesich and directed by Peter Yates. It was shot in and around Bloomington and on the university's campus. Breaking Away won the 1979 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Tesich, and received nominations in four other categories. It also won the 1979 Golden Globe Award for Best Film, and received nominations in three other Golden Globe categories. As the film's young lead, Christopher won the 1979 BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer and the 1979 Young Artist Award for Best Juvenile Actor, as well as garnering a Golden Globe nomination as New Star of the Year. The film is ranked eighth on the List of America's 100 Most Inspiring Movies compiled by the American Film Institute in 2006. In June 2008, AFI announced its "Ten top Ten"—the best ten films in ten "classic" American film genres—after polling over 1,500 people from the creative community. Breaking Away was acknowledged as the eighth best film in the sports genre.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of breaking away in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of breaking away in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of breaking away in a Sentence

1. Mark Rappolt:

   It's partly about breaking away from the conventional gallery model which is sort of a slightly oppressive white-cube space that could be in any place almost at any time and moving toward a series of galleries that are specific to their content, it's a departure from the sort of very forbidding gallery that we're used to.

2. Scott Huffmon:

   She very very successfully branded herself as the jobs governor, but she kept her conservative credentials by railing against Obamacare and toeing the line on things that conservatives care about. She has been able to keep a foot in both worlds for a while. And now she is breaking away from being simply a Southern to becoming a national Republican.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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