BREAK OUT

• (verb) become raw or open

  "He broke out in hives", "My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries", "Such boils tend to recrudesce"

  synonyms : erupt , recrudesce

• (verb) start abruptly

  "After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc"

  synonyms : erupt

• (verb) begin suddenly and sometimes violently

  "He broke out shouting"

• (verb) take from stowage in preparation for use

• (verb) move away or escape suddenly

  "The horses broke from the stable", "Three inmates broke jail", "Nobody can break out--this prison is high security"

  synonyms : break , break away

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