break out
(START) — phrasal verb with break /breɪk/ verb (broke, broken)Definition
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B2 If something dangerous or unpleasant breaks out, it suddenly starts: War broke out in 1914. Fighting has broken out all over the city.Starting and beginningStarting again break out in a rash/spots/sweat › to suddenly have spots or sweat appear on your skin: She broke out in a rash after eating some strawberries. It didn't take much exercise to make him break out in (a) sweat. When I heard the noise I broke out in a cold sweat.Being and falling ill
(Definition of break out (START) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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