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to break out

to break out

29 4.0
To take something out of storage to use it
  • phrasal verb
  • /breɪk aʊt/
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  • Before the party starts, we should break out the snacks and drinks to prepare for our guests.

All right, now if you guys could break out those sound bags, the sound kits.

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Examples

Synonyms

to get out
vsto break out
∞ 1.0

Take something out of a container like a box or cupboard

is removal done to prepare items for use, not just to move them
to pull out
vsto break out
523 2.7

To take something out of a place, often with effort

is removal focused on preparing items for use rather than general extraction
to bring out
vsto break out
61 1.6

Take something out of a cupboard or closet

is removal that readies items for use rather than only moving them
to unstow
vsto break out
1 8.1

To take something out of where it is kept

is removal aimed at preparing items for immediate use

Antonyms

to store
463 1.0

To put something away to use later

to stash
  • Informal
144 5.1

To hide money or things in a secret place for later

How Ready

to deploy
371 5.6
to unpack
117 1.0
to break out
29 4.0
to retrieve
226 3.7
to locate
533 2.7

Surface Forms

break out infinitive
breaking out present participle
breaks out third person singular
broke out past
broken out past participle

Morphology

break + out

The components 'break' (separate/move away) and 'out' (toward the exterior) give a sense of moving or revealing something outward, which can be extended to presenting a product. However, the commercial sense of formally 'launching' or 'introducing' a product is a metaphorical extension rather than a direct compositional meaning, so a B1 learner who knows the words might not reliably infer this specific usage.

Etymology

Break out comes from the simple image of forcing open a box or chest so you can take things out: you break something and bring it out for use, so it came to mean 'to remove something from storage or stowage'.