break out

— Phrasal Verb with break

/breɪk/ verb (past tense broke, past participle broken)

Definition

START › If a fire, war, disease, etc breaks out, it starts suddenly: A fight broke out among the crowd.

ESCAPE › to escape from prison: to break out of jail

break out in a rash/sweat, etc › to suddenly have spots or sweat (= salty liquid) appear on your skin

(Definition of break out from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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