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The move that says 'catch me if you can' to people whose job is catching you.
means Something that splits off from the main group or main event — a rider sprinting ahead of the pack, a breakaway region seceding from a country, or a quick solo move in sports made before anyone can react.
from A straightforward compound of 'break' (to separate by force) and 'away' (departing from), stitched together as one word in the 1800s. It first described livestock or trains breaking loose from restraint, then got borrowed by cycling and other pack sports for the rider who bolts from the peloton — and by politics for regions trying to do the same thing to a nation.
- origin
- cycling term for riders who sprint ahead of the pack
- odds
- most breakaways get caught before the finish
- irony
- doomed attempts still define the race's story
- beyond cycling
- now means any bold, risky exit from the group