Definition of "break out"

break out

verb
third-person singular simple present breaks out, present participle breaking out, simple past broke out, past participle broken out
1. (intransitive) To escape, especially forcefully or defiantly. Notionally, to escape by breaking.
2. (transitive) To rescue someone or aid their escape as in sense 1
3. (transitive, idiomatic) To bring out from storage, use, or present.
4. (transitive) To separate from a bundle.
5. (transitive) To take or force out by breaking.
6. (intransitive) To begin suddenly; to emerge in a certain condition.
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  The pretty lips pouted awhile but then she glanced up and broke out into a joyous little laugh which had in it all the freshness of a young May morning.
  1922, James Joyce, chapter 13, in Ulysses
  In a war of words that has broken out between Khan and Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps, the Mayor was accused of sending revenue-raising proposals to Shapps some three weeks late, giving him little choice but to extend negotiations.
  2022 January 12, “Network News: Further extension to Transport for London emergency funding”, in RAIL, number 948, page 8
7. (intransitive, of a person) To suddenly get pimples or a rash, especially on one's face.
8. (recording industry, intransitive) Of a record: to achieve success.
  Quotations
  The record first happened a few years ago in Florida and had considerable sales. A year later, the record broke out again in Florida and again experienced considerable sales. Both times, it either made the chart or bubbled under.
  1971, Billboard, volume 83, number 13, page 31
  Avant will finish a radio tour this summer that includes a stop in Chicago, where the single broke out thanks to support from WGCI programmer Elroy Smith.
  2000, Billboard, volume 112, number 28, page 25
9. (obsolete, New England) To remove snow from a road or sidewalk.
  Quotations
  Art. 24—To see what action the town will take in relation to breaking out highways and what portion of the road money, if any, shall be reserved for this purpose.
  1895, Judkins, Brawn & Eaton, "Town Warrant" in 79th Annual Report of the Municipal Officers of the Town of Dexter (Maine), Bunker & Warren, page 6

Definition of "break out"

break out

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