break out

Definitions

1. To escape, especially forcefully or defiantly.
   intransitive
2. To rescue someone or aid their escape as in sense 1.
   transitive
3. To bring out from storage, use, or present.
   idiomatic, transitive
4. To separate (something) from a bundle.
   transitive
5. To take or force out by breaking.
   transitive
6. To begin suddenly; to emerge in a certain condition.
   intransitive
7. To suddenly get pimples or a rash, especially on one's face.
   intransitive
8. (Of a record, product, or company): to achieve widespread success.
   intransitive
9. To remove snow from a road or sidewalk.
   New-England, obsolete

Equivalents

24 more languages

العربيةاندلعتفجرثارجدرشبشجرنشب+ 4 more

Azərbaycan diliqopmaq

Bosanskibuknutiizbijatiizbitiбукнутиизбијатиизбитиприпадати+ 4 more

Catalàesclatar

Češtinapropuknoutvypuknout

Cymraegtaro allan

Ελληνικάεκρήγνυμαιξεσπάω

Suomihajottaapaetapuhjetapurkaasärkeäsyttyä+ 3 more

Galegoestalar

हिन्दीमचना

Hrvatskibuknutiizbijatiizbitiбукнутиизбијатиизбитиприпадати+ 4 more

Italianoevadere

日本語出火勃発勃発する脱出する+ 1 more

한국어나다발발하다탈출하다터지다+ 1 more

Latinaerumpo

Polskigruszyćosypaćrozpaskudzaćrozpaskudzićwybićwybijaćwybuchaćwybuchnąćwydostać sięwydostawać sięwydzielaćwydzielićwyjąćwyjmowaćwyłamaćwyłamywaćzrywać+ 14 more

Românăevadaizbucniscoate

Русскийвспыхиватьвспыхнутьвыбиватьвыбитьвыламыватьвыломатьвырватьсявырыватьсядостатьпрорватьсяпрорыватьсяразгоратьсяразгоретьсяразражатьсяразразитьсясбегатьсбежать+ 14 more

Српскиbuknutiizbijatiizbitiбукнутиизбијатиизбитиприпадати+ 4 more

Svenskarymmautbryta

ไทยพุแหก

Türkçepatlamak

Українськавибухативибухнутивиламативисипатиприпадатиспалахнутиспала́хувати+ 4 more

Tiếng Việtbộc phátbùng nổbùng phát

Examples

“They broke out of prison in the middle of the night.”

“The brigade succeeded in breaking out of the pocket and reunited with friendly forces.”

“After Big Tony was sent to prison, his friends got together to break⟳ him out.”

“Break⟳ out the bubbly and celebrate⟳.”

“Before you immediately break⟳ out calculus, consider⟳ that there might be a more elegant way to find⟳ the answer⟳ in this case.”

“Picks and shovels had been perfectly adequate for the sporadic digging we’d had to do over the last⟳ month, but when faced with 30 cubic yards of earth to move⟳ in at once, we decided to break⟳ out the heavy equipment.”

“Break⟳ out the cables from the harness once they are inside the frame.”

“to break⟳ out a pane of glass”

“He broke out in sweat⟳.”

“He broke out in song.”

“The First World War broke out in 1914.”

“The pretty lips pouted awhile but then she glanced up and broke out into a joyous little laugh⟳ which had in it all the freshness of a young May morning.”

“Governor Lai left today for Neichiang, which is west of Chungking and is about midway between the city and Chengtu where General Yang establishes his headquarters and stations a large portion of his troops. With the Civil Governor and General Teng moving to Neichiang, it is certian^([sic – meaning certain]) that fighting will break⟳ out in that section of the province.”

“In a war of words that has broken out between Khan and Secretary of State for Transport⟳ Grant Shapps, the Mayor was accused of sending revenue-raising proposals to Shapps some three weeks late, giving him little choice but to extend⟳ negotiations.”

“break⟳ out in hives”

“break⟳ out in a rash”

“It wasn't until later that her album broke out and she hit the big time.”

“The record⟳ first happened a few years ago in Florida and had considerable sales. A year later, the record⟳ broke out again in Florida and again experienced considerable sales. Both times, it either made the chart or bubbled under.”

“Avant will finish⟳ a radio tour this summer that includes a stop⟳ in Chicago, where the single broke out thanks to support⟳ from WGCI programmer Elroy Smith.”

“Art. 24—To see⟳ what action the town will take⟳ in relation to breaking out highways and what portion of the road money, if any, shall be reserved for this purpose.”

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