to break out
51
3.6
- phrasal verb
- /breɪk aʊt/
:
fugarse
- If you break out of Allenwood, I'll find you.
So how do we break out of it, right?
- So how do we break out of it, right?
- And it can take a lot of work to break out of these cycles.
- This time he teaches me how to break out of flex cuffs.
- You can't because the average man inspires no one, which means you have to break out of this inertia.
- So in terms of breaking out locks and restraints and captivity.
- So anyway, I'm now on the trot from oh, no, I, I break out of Kilburn police station.
- But because I started to feel I was in this box, I needed to break out.
- And so, he says, the individual must first of all break out of the prison in which his own reflection holds him.
- He tries to break out of my grip, but I have him securely locked in my arms.
- But now I am pretty much looking to, you know, break out of break out of the nest, if you will, you know, fly the coop.
- Get into prison and then break out of this impossible to break out prison with this guy who hates you.
- And then Gregor breaks out again and the lodgers, there's a confrontation between them and the father.
- We're all quiet, breathing together, willing her to break out of this.
- And that's something that he's trying to, you know, break out of.
- So I thought like if I break out, I could do this while I sleep.
Examples
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You broke out of prison again, didn't you?
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And if the business is profitable, maybe, just maybe, the family can break out of poverty.
Academic text (2011) -
Why the hell would somebody break out?
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You can break out of jail.
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We just broke out of prison.
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Then they broke out of the woods and were in a clearing.
Fiction book (1990) -
She tried to break out and it almost killed her.
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And this marginalization is so structured in society that minorities find it very difficult to break out of that situation.
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He broke out of prison at 11:15, and right now he may be dying in some out-of-the-way spot.
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The prisoners worked together to break out of the heavily guarded facility.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Leave a place or situation
∞
3.0
Leave a place quickly or suddenly
626
3.2
To move away suddenly, often changing direction
331
2.4
To run away from a place because it is dangerous
165
3.0
To escape from people who are holding you, often by force
137
2.7
To get away from a person, place, or situation that causes trouble
93
1.1
To become difficult to control or stop, for example prices
78
2.0
Leave a place suddenly, often to avoid someone or something
12
7.9
To leave a place suddenly without permission
11
4.1
To escape limits or control and become independent
9
3.3
To run out quickly from a hiding place to surprise someone
8
3.9
To force yourself free from a place or person
5
4.9
Leave a place suddenly and quickly because you feel scared
5
5.8
To leave a place suddenly and unexpectedly
5
3.6
To escape suddenly from control, capture, or a group
3
8.2
To leave a place quickly to escape danger
1
7.9
To leave a place quickly, often without saying goodbye
To run away quickly, usually because you are afraid
Leave a place where you are hiding suddenly to attack or surprise someone
Antonyms
How Sudden
69
2.3
51
3.6
165
3.0
11
4.1
32
3.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
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 has a clear literal story: someone breaks a lock or barrier and gets out of a place, so it means 'to escape suddenly' from confinement or a routine.