break out

verb

1. intr, adverb to begin or arise suddenly

   panic broke out

2. intr, adverb to make an escape, esp from prison or confinement
3. intr, adverb,foll byin (of the skin) to erupt (in a rash, pimples, etc)
4. tr, adverb to launch or introduce (a new product)
5. tr, adverb to open and start using

   break out the champagne

noun

1. an escape, esp from prison or confinement
2. 1. a great success, esp following relatively disappointing performance
   2. ( as modifier )

      a breakout year

Example Sentences

By midmorning, news made it to the neighborhood that a fire had broken out about 11 miles away.

From Los Angeles Times

Born to a poor civil servant’s family in 1949, just a year before the Korean War broke out, Im grew up with five siblings in an industrial neighborhood of Seoul.

From Los Angeles Times

Tuipulotu, who stepped into the starting lineup when Bosa was sidelined with a hip injury, began the season with a six-game sack dry spell before breaking out for 5½ in the last three games.

From Los Angeles Times

When World War One broke out in 1914, she was 38 and was keen to serve.

From BBC

In July, the authorities temporarily suspended the internet after protests broke out on the island of Annobón.

From BBC

Related Words

• appear
• arise
• begin
• commence
• erupt
• explode
• occur
• set in
• start