English man turned to escape (5)
I believe the answer is:
evade
'to escape' is the definition.
(I know that evade is a more specific form of the action break loose)
'english man turned' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'eva' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'man' becomes 'Ed' (short for Edward).
'turned' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'ed' written backwards gives 'de'.
'eva'+'de'='EVADE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for evade that I've seen before include "skirt" , "Sidestep" , "Escape (esp. by guile)" , "Artfully dodge" , "Circumvent, dodge" .)