if something bad such as a war or disease breaks out, it starts
if something such as spots break out, or if you break out in spots, spots start to appear on your skin
to escape from a prison
to escape from something such as a situation or way of life
I wanna jus ' break out, come clean an "be straight an' lay it all on the table.
Six prisoners have broken out of a top-security jail in Yorkshire.
Sweat was beginning to break out on his forehead.
The Way of Ringess... is like a fever waiting to break out upon the universe.
The fire must have broken out during the night.
The skin on my arms was breaking out in a rash.
They died, to a man, when they tried to break out, after the order to surrender had been given.
We got married a month before the war broke out.
`We still have the question of why should he break out of his MO?
the desire to break out of the boring routine of normal daily living
breaks out
breaking out
broke out
broken out
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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