1 to break away from

2 to cast off (old ideas etc)

3 to get rid of

4 to break away (from)

5 to break out (of)

6 to free oneself from

7 to extricate oneself

1 free and at ease

2 natural

3 unconstrained

1 to shed

2 to take off

3 to escape

4 to get away from

1 to strip naked

2 to strip nude

3 (coll.) to find oneself a partner

1 to separate oneself from

2 to break away from

3 diastasis (medicine)

4 abscission

5 abjunction (botany)

1 lit. fettered by fame and locked up by riches (idiom); tied down by reputation and wealth

2 the victim of one's own success

1 still possessing the innocence of childhood (idiom)

1 to reveal one's talent (idiom)

2 to rise above others

3 to distinguish oneself

1 to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom); born again Daoist

2 to turn over a new leaf

3 fig. to change wholly

4 to create from other material (story, artwork etc)

1 to rise from poverty and become prosperous (idiom)

2 poverty alleviation