Definition of Break Out

  • (verb) become raw or open; "He broke out in hives"; "My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries"; "Such boils tend to recrudesce"
  • (verb) start abruptly; "After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc"
  • (verb) begin suddenly and sometimes violently; "He broke out shouting"
  • (verb) take from stowage in preparation for use
  • (verb) move away or escape suddenly; "The horses broke from the stable"; "Three inmates broke jail"; "Nobody can break out--this prison is high security"

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