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

You were thrilled to see this magnificent woman break out of this one horse town.

From The Daily Beast

Night was the first one to really break out and make a movie at that level but what happened afterwards?

From The Daily Beast

Another said just the act of spending money on self-improvement made him determined to break out of his shell.

From The Daily Beast

Instead, break out a form-fitting garment — think skinny jeans or a curve-hugging dress.

From The Daily Beast

Sporadic riots and fires did break out later during the festival.

From The Daily Beast

You know I don't express myself easily; so, if I break out this way, you may know what I feel.

From Project Gutenberg

Sometimes he looks at me as if he were going to break out with that crazy idea to which he treated me the other day.

From Project Gutenberg

The visit you pay only interrupts a domestic quarrel which awaits but your departure to break out afresh.

From Project Gutenberg

Strikes and labour riots now and then break out, and the Spanish anarchist is not unknown.

From Project Gutenberg

The war on which the insurgents counted when they thus captured the Bishop did not break out.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

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