break out

== English == === Pronunciation === === Verb === break out (third-person singular simple present breaks out, present participle breaking out, simple past broke out, past participle broken out) (intransitive) To escape, especially forcefully or defiantly. Synonym: bust out Coordinate terms: break in, break into (transitive) To rescue someone or aid their escape as in sense 1. Synonym: bust out (transitive, idiomatic) To bring out from storage, use, or present. Synonym: bust out (transitive) To separate (something) from a bundle. Synonym: sunder out (transitive) To take or force out by breaking. (intransitive) To begin suddenly; to emerge in a certain condition. (intransitive, of a person) To suddenly get pimples or a rash, especially on one's face. (especially recording industry, intransitive) (Of a record, product, or company): to achieve widespread success. (obsolete, New England) To remove snow from a road or sidewalk. 1895, Judkins, Brawn & Eaton, "Town Warrant" in 79th Annual Report of the Municipal Officers of the Town of Dexter (Maine), Bunker & Warren, page 6: Art. 24—To see what action the town will take in relation to breaking out highways and what portion of the road money, if any, shall be reserved for this purpose. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === kabouter, outbrake, outbreak