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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
      • He broke out shouting

    • 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

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