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Definition of Break out

1. Verb. Start abruptly. "After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc"

2. Verb. Begin suddenly and sometimes violently. "He broke out shouting"

3. Verb. Move away or escape suddenly. "Nobody can break out--this prison is high security"

4. Verb. Take from stowage in preparation for use.

5. Verb. Become raw or open. "Such boils tend to recrudesce"

Definition of Break out

1. Verb. (intransitive) To escape, especially forcefully or defiantly. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) (idiomatic) to bring out, use, or present ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) to separate from a bundle ¹

4. Verb. (intransitive) To begin suddenly; to emerge in a certain condition. ¹

5. Verb. (intransitive) To suddenly get pimples, especially on one's face. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Break Out

break new ground break of dawn break of day break of serve break of the day break off break on the wheel break one's arm patting oneself on the back break one's back break one's duck

break one's fall break one's fast break one's lance break one off break open break out (current term) break point break points break ranks break room

break rooms break seal break shock break short break silence break someone's heart break stride break the Sabbath break the back of break the bank

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