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Another word for break out

Verb
      2. See also:

      break

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    Another word for break out

    Verb

    1. To start suddenly

      2. See also:

      begin

    2. To escape

      3. See also:

      leave

      escape

    3. To erupt

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    Sentence Examples

    • Do you really think you could break out of here?

    • Sure, you and Sarah can cook me a nice dinner and we'll break out a bottle of Cristal.

    • I've been around poison ivy before and I didn't break out.

    • He served in the army of Flanders, and then was sent to London in February 1792, to induce England to remain neutral in the war which was about to break out between France and "the king of Bohemia and Hungary."

    • On its eastern slope the waters soon disappear within the bed of narrow canyons, but break out again at the foot in icecold springs that form the source of the Ruby and Franklin lakes; on its western side the descent is more gentle, and the waters form the South Fork of the Humboldt river.

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