break out

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verb

1. start abruptly (Freq. 4)
- After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc
• Syn:
erupt
• Hypernyms:
begin, start
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
2. begin suddenly and sometimes violently (Freq. 3)
- He broke out shouting
• Hypernyms:
begin, start
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s VERB-ing
3. move away or escape suddenly (Freq. 2)
- The horses broke from the stable
- Three inmates broke jail
- Nobody can break out--this prison is high security
• Syn:
break, break away
• Derivationally related forms:
breakout, break (for: break)
• Hypernyms:
escape, get away, break loose
• Verb Group:
break
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s PP
- Somebody ----s something (for: break)
4. take from stowage in preparation for use (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
unpack, take out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
5. become raw or open (Freq. 1)
- He broke out in hives
- My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries
- Such boils tend to recrudesce
• Syn:
erupt, recrudesce
• Derivationally related forms:
eruptive (for: erupt)
• Hypernyms:
trouble, ail, pain
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s