break out
verb
Forms breaks out breaking out broke out broken out
- verb (intransitive) To escape, especially forcefully or defiantly. “They broke out of prison in the middle of the night.”
- verb (transitive) To rescue someone or aid their escape as in sense 1. “After Big Tony was sent to prison, his friends got together to break him out.”
- verb (transitive, idiomatic) To bring out from storage, use, or present. “Break out the bubbly and celebrate.”
- verb (transitive) To separate (something) from a bundle. “Break out the cables from the harness once they are inside the frame.”
- verb (transitive) To take or force out by breaking. “to break out a pane of glass”
- verb (intransitive) To begin suddenly; to emerge in a certain condition. “He broke out in sweat.”
- verb (intransitive, of a person) To suddenly get pimples or a rash, especially on one's face. “break out in hives”
- verb (especially recording industry or movies, intransitive) (Of a record, film, product, or company): to achieve widespread success. “It wasn't until later that her album broke out and she hit the big time.”
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