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To escape, especially forcefully or defiantly.
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They broke out of prison in the middle of the night.
Submitted on February 09, 2011
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- go by
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- lay down
- put in
- run around after
- sneak up on
- stand back
- stand up
- tee off
- a drop in the bucket
- a great deal
- all things being equal
- at peace
- been to the rodeo
- bend the truth
- blow off steam
- bolt bucket
- born yesterday
- bring owls to athens
- buy time
- call a spade a spade
- call it quits
- carry on
- catch a tan
- day in, day out
- dead as a doorknob
- deliver the goods
- fine line
- fish or cut bait
- from cover to cover
- go for it
- green light
- ground rules
- grunt work
- haul ass
- have a cow
- hold somebody's hand
- in its infancy
- in one hell of a hurry
- keep a close watch on
- kiss of death
- let her rip
- light a fire under
- lion's share
- lower the boom
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- much of a muchness
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- off the bat
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- one at a time
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