break out
To escape, especially forcefully or defiantlyTo escape, especially forcefully or defiantly.
» I hope war doesn't break out.
Ich hoffe, dass es keinen Krieg geben wird.
Сподіваюся, війна не вибухне.
Meaning
9 senses(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
(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.
(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
(transitive)To separate (something) from a bundle.
Break out the cables from the harness once they are inside the frame.
herauslösen, absondern
(transitive)To take or force out by breaking.
to break out a pane of glass
herausbrechen
выла́мыватьvylámyvatʹ, вы́ломатьvýlomatʹ, выбива́тьvybivátʹ
(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
(intransitive)To suddenly get pimples or a rash, especially on one's face.
break out in hives
break out in a rash
(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.
(New England, obsolete)To remove snow from a road or sidewalk.
Examples
94 sentencesI hope war doesn't break out.
Сподіваюся, війна не вибухне.
deIch hoffe, dass es keinen Krieg geben wird.
Tom helped me break out of jail.
Том допоміг мені втікти з в'язниці.
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.
They are afraid that nuclear war will break out.
Вони бояться, що розпочнеться ядерна війна.
ruОни боятся, что разразится ядерная война.
Tom was the one who helped me break out of jail.
Це Том допоміг мені втікти з в'язниці.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 4
By meaning 4
Forms
breaks out, breaking out, broke out, broken out| Base form | break out · to break out |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | breaks out |
| Present participle | breaking out |
| Past simple | broke out |
| Past participle | broken out |
irregular · Lesson
Phrasal verbs
12 phrasal verbs- break upрозлучитися, розлучатисяTo break or separate into pieces.
- break offвідколотися, відколюватисяTo remove a piece from a whole by breaking or snapping.
- break outвтікти, спалахуватиTo escape, especially forcefully or defiantly.
- break inзламати, ламатиTo enter a place by force or illicit means.
- break downзламатися, впастиTo stop functioning.
- break awayбігати, бігтиTo leave suddenly.
- break throughвивергати, вивергатисяTo gain popularity.
- break apartрозбитися, розбиватисяTo dismantle something into its base components.
More 4
- break onTo humiliate (someone); to scold or demean (someone) in public.
- break backTo win a game having lost a service game, or during a tiebreak, to win a point against the serve having lost a point while serving.
- break intoTo enter illegally or by force, especially in order to commit a crime.
- break withTo cease having a positive connection with (a person, group, movement, etc).
Synonyms
6 synonyms- start abruptly:erupt
- move away or escape suddenly:breakbreak away
- become raw or open:eruptrecrudesce
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb