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break out
 
Noun break out has 1 sense
  1. break, breakout, jailbreak, gaolbreak, prisonbreak, prison-breaking - an escape from jail; "the breakout was carefully planned"
    --1 is a kind of escape, flight
    Derived form: verb break out3
Verb break out has 5 senses
  1. erupt, break out - start abruptly; "After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc"
    --1 is one way to begin, start
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  2. break out - begin suddenly and sometimes violently; "He broke out shouting"
    --2 is one way to     begin, start
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s VERB-ing
  3. break, break out, break away - move away or escape suddenly; "The horses broke from the stable"; "Three inmates broke jail"; "Nobody can break out--this prison is high security"
    --3 is one way to escape, get away, break loose
    Derived form: noun breakout1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Something is ----ing PP
    Somebody ----s PP
  4. break out - take from stowage in preparation for usage
    --4 is one way to     unpack, take out
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  5. erupt, recrudesce, break out - become raw or open; "He broke out in hives"; "My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries"; "Such boils tend to recrudesce"
    --5 is one way to afflict, trouble, ail, pain
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
break it in break loose break of day break of serve break of the day break off break one s back break open break out break risks break rule break seal break short break system break through break through break up

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