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