break out

Language: en

Meaning: ; (intransitive)Toescape, especiallyforcefullyordefiantly. Notionally, to escape by breaking.Synonym:bust outCoordinate terms:break in,break intoTheybroke outof prison in the middle of the night.The brigade succeeded inbreaking outof the pocket and reunited with friendly forces.; ; (transitive)To rescue someone or aid their escape as in sense 1.Synonym:bust outAfter Big Tony was sent to prison, his friends got together tobreakhimout.; ; (transitive,idiomatic)Tobringout from storage, use, orpresent.Synonym:bust outBreak outthebubblyand celebrate.Before you immediatelybreak outcalculus, consider that there might be a more elegant way to find the answer in this case.Picks and shovels had been perfectly adequate for the sporadic digging we’d had to do over the last month, but when faced with 30 cubic yards of earth to move in at once, we decided tobreak outthe heavy equipment.; ; (transitive)Toseparate(something) from abundle.Synonym:sunder outBreak outthe cables from the harness once they are inside the frame.; ; (transitive)To take or force out by breaking.tobreak outa pane of glass; ; (intransitive)Tobeginsuddenly; toemergein a certaincondition.Hebroke outin sweat.Hebroke outin song.The First World Warbroke outin 1914.1922,James Joyce, chapter 13, inUlysses:The pretty lips pouted awhile but then she glanced up andbroke outinto a joyous little laugh which had in it all the freshness of a young May morning.1925April 25, “Szechwan's Controversy Over Salt Revenue”, inThe China Weekly Review, volume XXXII,number 8, sourced from Independent Herald (Hankow),→OCLC,page232, column 2:Governor Lai left today for Neichiang, which is west of Chungking and is about midway between the city and Chengtu where General Yang establishes his headquarters and stations a large portion of his troops. With the Civil Governor and General Teng moving to Neichiang, it is certian[sic– meaningcertain]that fighting willbreak outin that section of the province.2022January 12, “Network News: Further extension to Transport for London emergency funding”, inRAIL, number948, page 8:In a war of words that hasbroken outbetween 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.; ; (intransitive,of a person)To suddenly getpimplesor arash, especially on one'sface.break outin hivesbreak outin a rash; ; (especially recording industry,intransitive)(Of a record, product, or company): to achieve widespread success.It wasn't until later that her albumbroke outand she hit the big time.1971,Billboard, volume83, number13, page31:The record first happened a few years ago in Florida and had considerable sales. A year later, the recordbroke outagain in Florida and again experienced considerable sales. Both times, it either made the chart or bubbled under.2000,Billboard, volume112, number28, page25:Avant will finish a radio tour this summer that includes a stop in Chicago, where the singlebroke outthanks to support from WGCI programmer Elroy Smith.; ; (obsolete,New England)Toremovesnowfrom aroadorsidewalk.1895, Judkins, Brawn & Eaton, "Town Warrant" in79th Annual Report of the Municipal Officers of the Town of Dexter(Maine), Bunker & Warren, page 6:Art. 24—To see what action the town will take in relation tobreaking outhighways and what portion of the road money, if any, shall be reserved for this purpose.

Examples:

EN: Throughout the night, Edmond Dantès had to weaken the seams of the sack... so he could break out easily at the right time.
ES: En el transcurso de la noche, Edmond Dantes tuvo que desgastar las mallas de la tela para que se rompiera fácilmente en el momento oportuno.
EN: A touch of epilepsy, dormant perhaps, but liable to break out at any minute.
ES: Un poco de epilepsia, tal vez latente, pero podría manifestarse en cualquier momento.
EN: - Hope I don't break out with the measles.
ES: - Espero no tener la rubeola.
EN: I was just about to break out with a case of acute lonesomitis.
ES: - Y yo. Justo me disponía a pasar una cura de soledad.
EN: Why, just thinking about her, I break out in a rash.
ES: No pienso en otra cosa que en ella.
EN: -Johnny, I've got this thing all figured out. It's a cinch to break out of here.
ES: Johnny, lo tengo todo resuelto.
EN: I'm going to break out a bottle of Old Crow.
ES: Abriré una botella de Old Crow.
EN: Nobody but a loose-brained idiot... would break out all over the front page with a prediction like that.
ES: Solo un idiota sin cerebro saldría en plena portada con una predicción como esa.
EN: I'm afraid you'll break out some day and tell one of them the truth.
ES: Creo que un día explotará y le dirá a alguien la verdad.
EN: You're figuring on whether you're gonna be able to break out of here.
ES: Estáis pensando en sí podréis fugaros.
EN: Apparently, it's to break out again.
ES: Aparentemente, no pasaba nada.
EN: "She fought desperately to break out of his grasp.
ES: "Luchó desesperadamente por romper el abrazo".
EN: I knew that thing was going to break out again.
ES: Sabía que volvería a haber problemas.
EN: It enabled me To break out in song
ES: ♪ Me permitió estallar en una canción ♪
EN: Did a war break out here or something?
ES: Diga, ¿acaba de estallar una guerra? ¿Quién sabe?

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