| Vaste combinatie van werkwoord en voorzetsel |
| Engels | Nederlands |
| break away vi phrasal | (become separate) | zich afscheiden, zich afsplitsen wk. ww |
| breken met, loskomen van ww. + vz |
| Opmerking: The single-word form is used when the term is a noun |
| Two of the members of the band broke away to form a band of their own. |
| break away from [sth/sb] vi phrasal + prep | figurative (separate: from group) | zich afscheiden, zich afsplitsen wk. ww |
| breken met ww. + vz |
| weggaan onoverg.ww |
| Several members broke away from the party to form their own extremist group. |
| break away from [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (detach, fall off) | afbreken onoverg. ww |
| When Sue went to take her cakes out of the oven, the handle broke away from the door. |
| break down vi phrasal | (machine: stop working) | kapot gaan, stuk gaan onoverg.ww |
| Opmerking: The single-word form is used when the term is a noun. |
| The car broke down on the way home. |
| break down vi phrasal | figurative (person: cry) | in huilen uitbarsten frase |
| Stella broke down when the police told her about her husband's accident. |
| break down vi phrasal | figurative (collapse, become weak) (figuurlijk) | instorten onoverg.ww |
| The union called a strike after talks broke down over retirement benefits. |
break [sth] down,
break down [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (door, wall: knock down) (deur) | intrappen overg.ww |
| slopen overg.ww |
| (muur) | neerhalen, afbreken overg.ww |
| The police broke down the door when they raided the house. |
| break [sth] down vtr phrasal sep | (substance: disintegrate) (v.e. stof) | afbreken overg.ww |
| Alcohol wordt voornamelijk afgebroken door de lever. |
break [sth] down,
break down [sth] vtr phrasal sep | figurative (analyze) (figuurlijk) | opsplitsen overg.ww |
| analyseren overg.ww |
| We can break down the process into a number of separate stages. |
| break in vi phrasal | figurative (enter forcibly) | inbreken onoverg.ww |
| Opmerking: hyphen used when term is a noun |
| break in vi phrasal | figurative (interrupt) | interrumperen overg.ww |
| in de rede vallen frase |
| onderbreken overg.ww |
| Please excuse me for breaking in. |
break [sth] in,
break in [sth] vtr phrasal sep | UK (horse: tame, train) (paard) | dresseren overg.ww |
| Matt breaks in horses for the racetrack. |
break [sth] in,
break in [sth] vtr phrasal sep | US (car, engine: run in, use when new) (auto) | inrijden overg.ww |
| It's best to break the engine in slowly. |
break [sth] in,
break in [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (shoes: soften by wearing) (schoenen) | inlopen overg.ww |
| It sometimes takes time to break new shoes in. |
| break into [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (building) | binnen breken vz + ww |
| forceren overg.ww |
| break into [sth] vtr phrasal insep | figurative (smile, song) (lied) | plotseling beginnen overg.ww |
| (fig., in lachen) | uitbarsten onoverg.ww |
| I was surprised when the old lady suddenly broke into song. |
| break into [sth] vtr phrasal insep | figurative (conversation) | onderbreken overg.ww |
| in de rede vallen frase |
| break into [sth] vtr phrasal insep | figurative (field of work) (fig., v. markt) | openbreken, binnendringen overg.ww |
| Joanna wants to break into digital marketing to advance her career. |
| break off vi phrasal | (become detached) | afbreken, losbreken onoverg.ww |
| The door handle became loose and eventually broke off. |
| break [sth] off vtr phrasal sep | (snap, detach) | afbreken, losbreken overg.ww |
| Olga broke off a large piece from the chocolate bar. |
| break [sth] off vtr phrasal sep | figurative, informal (terminate) (figuurlijk) | afbreken overg.ww |
| beëindigen overg.ww |
| Matt and Glenda have decided to break off their engagement. |
| break out vi phrasal | (war, disease, chaos: begin) (oorlog, ziekte) | uitbreken onoverg.ww |
| The restaurant was calm until a thrown bottle caused a fight to break out. |
| break out vi phrasal | (develop spots on skin) | jeugdpuistjes krijgen, acne krijgen overg. uitdr. |
| I ate too much sugar and now I'm breaking out. My face broke out right before my date with Steve! |
| break out vi phrasal | (rash, etc.: develop on skin) | huiduitslag krijgen overg. uitdr. |
| A rash broke out on Alice's face after she used the lotion. |
| break out in [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (develop: a rash, spots) (ziekte) | krijgen overg.ww |
| I'm so stressed, it's no wonder I've broken out in hives. |
| break through vi phrasal | figurative (make sudden advance) (figuurlijk) | doorbreken onoverg.ww |
| Opmerking: single-word form used when term is a noun or an adj before a noun |
| The company succeeded in breaking through with these new ideas. |
| break up vi phrasal | (disintegrate) | uit elkaar vallen onoverg.ww |
| Opmerking: The single-word form is used when the term is a noun. |
| Rock gradually breaks up into sand. |
| break up vi phrasal | informal (couple: separate) | uit elkaar gaan, scheiden onoverg.ww |
| The couple broke up after a three-year relationship. |
| break [sth] up vtr phrasal sep | (split) | afbreken overg.ww |
| break up vi phrasal | informal (school: finish) | sluiten voor de schoolvakanties frase |
| School breaks up next week for the summer holidays. |
break [sth] up,
break up [sth] vtr phrasal | informal, figurative (argument: intervene) (ruzie) | beëindigen overg.ww |
break [sth] up,
break up [sth] vtr phrasal | (crumble) | uit elkaar laten vallen overg.ww |
