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break out

To escape, especially forcefully or defiantly.
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They broke out of prison in the middle of the night.

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Submitted on February 09, 2011

Additional definitions for 'break out':

break outTo bring out, use, or present.
break outTo separate from a bundle.
break outTo begin suddenly; to emerge in a certain condition.
break outprison escape
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