take to the woods vs break away

take to the woods and break away both are verbs.

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

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

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

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

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