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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 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

Literary usage of Break out

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1865)
"It is shown by a Table that a tendency of spots to break out is followed by a tendency of spots to decrease after making their appearance, and it is thereby ..."

2. A German-English Dictionary for Chemists by Austin McDowell Patterson (1917)
"—vi break out, break off; occur. ausbreiten, vl & r. spread out, spread, extend; diffuse; floor (grain, etc.). ausbrennen, ri burn out; cleanse by burning; ..."

3. Thirty Years' View; Or, A History of the Working of the American Government by Thomas Hart Benton (1854)
"1800, did the wir break out? Difficulties of no small magnitude surround the gentleman. I think, whatever o rar* he takes through these statutes, ..."

4. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"To break out, to issue with violence. Doug. Virgil, 114 29. Furth at the ilk porte the ... break out ..."

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