break out

/breɪk aʊt/

/breɪk aʊt/

Other forms: broke out; breaking out; broken out; breaks out

Definitions of break out

1. verb

   begin suddenly and sometimes violently
   “He broke out shouting”

   type of:

   begin, start

   have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense
2. verb

   start abruptly
   “After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc”

   synonyms: erupt

   type of:

   begin, start

   have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense
3. verb

   move away or escape suddenly
   synonyms: break, break away

   break

   make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing

   type of:

   break loose, escape, get away

   run away from confinement
4. verb

   take from stowage in preparation for use
   type of:

   take out, unpack

   remove from its packing
5. verb

   become raw or open
   “He broke out in hives”

   “My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries”

   synonyms: erupt, recrudesce

   type of:

   ail, pain, trouble

   cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed