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Break out Common

Break out has 6 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

start abruptly

"After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc"

2

begin suddenly and sometimes violently

"He broke out shouting"

3

move away or escape suddenly

"The horses broke from the stable"

"Three inmates broke jail"

"Nobody can break out--this prison is high security"

4

take from stowage in preparation for use

5

become raw or open

"He broke out in hives"

"My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries"

"Such boils tend to recrudesce"

6

To escape, especially forcefully or defiantly.

Example Sentences
"After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc" verb
"He broke out shouting" verb
"The horses broke from the stable" verb
"Three inmates broke jail" verb
"Nobody can break out--this prison is high security" verb
"He broke out in hives" verb
"My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries" verb
"Such boils tend to recrudesce" verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
begin escape unpack trouble
Rhyming Words
out tout yout hout gout pout aout dout lout bout kout rout fout scout grout smout chout plout x out trout
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