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Eccentric canes pig breaking free (8)

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I believe the answer is:

escaping

'breaking free' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'eccentric canes pig' is the wordplay.
'eccentric' indicates an anagram.
'canes'+'pig'='canespig'
'canespig' with letters rearranged gives 'ESCAPING'.

(Other definitions for escaping that I've seen before include "Getting away from confinement" , "Breaking loose" , "Fleeing" , "Breaking free" , "Getting free" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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