Meaning

9 senses
  1. (intransitive)To escape, especially forcefully or defiantly.

    They broke out of prison in the middle of the night.

    The brigade succeeded in breaking out of the pocket and reunited with friendly forces.

    ausbrechen

    сбега́тьsbegátʹ, сбежа́тьsbežátʹ, вырыва́тьсяvyryvátʹsja

    втікти́vtiktý

    move away or escape suddenly

  2. (transitive)To rescue someone or aid their escape as in sense 1.

    After Big Tony was sent to prison, his friends got together to break him out.

  3. (idiomatic, transitive)To bring out from storage, use, or present.

    Break out the bubbly and celebrate.

    Before you immediately break out calculus, consider that there might be a more elegant way to find the answer in this case.

    hervorholen

    достатьdostatʹ

  4. (transitive)To separate (something) from a bundle.

    Break out the cables from the harness once they are inside the frame.

    herauslösen, absondern

  5. (transitive)To take or force out by breaking.

    to break out a pane of glass

    herausbrechen

    выла́мыватьvylámyvatʹ, вы́ломатьvýlomatʹ, выбива́тьvybivátʹ

  6. (intransitive)To begin suddenly; to emerge in a certain condition.

    He broke out in sweat.

    He broke out in song.

    ausbrechen

    разгора́тьсяrazgorátʹsja, разгоре́тьсяrazgorétʹsja, разража́тьсяrazražátʹsja

    спала́хуватиspaláxuvaty

    begin suddenly and sometimes violently

  7. (intransitive)To suddenly get pimples or a rash, especially on one's face.

    break out in hives

    break out in a rash

  8. (intransitive)(Of a record, film, product, or company): to achieve widespread success.

    It wasn't until later that her album broke out and she hit the big time.

  9. (New England, obsolete)To remove snow from a road or sidewalk.

Examples

94 sentences
  1. I hope war doesn't break out.

    Сподіваюся, війна не вибухне.

    deIch hoffe, dass es keinen Krieg geben wird.

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  2. Tom helped me break out of jail.

    Том допоміг мені втікти з в'язниці.

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  3. We really hope another war will not break out.

    Ми дуже надіємося, що не почнеться ще одна війна.

    ruМы очень надеемся, что не начнётся еще одна война.

    deWir hoffen zutiefst, dass es zu keinem weiteren Kriege kommen wird.

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  4. They are afraid that nuclear war will break out.

    Вони бояться, що розпочнеться ядерна війна.

    ruОни боятся, что разразится ядерная война.

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  5. Tom was the one who helped me break out of jail.

    Це Том допоміг мені втікти з в'язниці.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
to escape, especially forcefully or defiantly:
to begin suddenly; to emerge in a certain condition:
Русский
By meaning 4
to escape, especially forcefully or defiantly:
to bring out, use, or present:
to take or force out by breaking:
to begin suddenly; to emerge in a certain condition:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
to escape, especially forcefully or defiantly:
to bring out, use, or present:
to separate from a bundle:
to take or force out by breaking:

Forms

breaks out, breaking out, broke out, broken out
Base formbreak out · to break out
3rd person singularbreaks out
Present participlebreaking out
Past simplebroke out
Past participlebroken out

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybreak out
he, she, itbreaks out

Past simpleLesson

all personsbroke out

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave broken out
he, she, ithas broken out

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill break out

Phrasal verbs

12 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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