break away vs take to the woods

break away and take to the woods both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
break away	No	No	Yes	No
take to the woods	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, break away and take to the woods are synonyms defined as:

break away and take to the woods: flee; take to one's heels; cut and run

Other synonyms of break away include bunk, escape, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run, run away, scarper, scat, turn tail.

break away (verb)	take to the woods (verb)
break off (a piece from a whole)	flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
move away or escape suddenly
withdraw from an organization or communion
interrupt a continued activity