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break out

Verb

Meaning

take from stowage in preparation for use

move away or escape suddenly

become raw or open

start abruptly

begin suddenly and sometimes violently

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I carry a deep sadness of the heart which must now and then break out in sound. Franz Liszt

Some of our German passengers on the ship would be crying. The Brits were the same way. They were crying, because they realized a new war was about to break out across Europe, with Hitler at the head of the goose-stepping parade. Frank Buckles

The main American naval forces were shifted to the Pacific region and an American admiral made a strong declaration to the effect that if war were to break out between Japan and the United States, the Japanese navy could be sunk in a matter of weeks. Hideki Tōjō

Weasels - and stoats - and foxes - and so on. They're all right in a way - I'm very good friends with them - pass the time of day when we meet, and all that - but they break out sometimes, there's no denying it, and then - well, you can't really trust them, and that's the fact. Kenneth Grahame

The whole problem of life, then, is this: how to break out of one's own loneliness, how to communicate with others. Cesare Pavese

A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future. You must break out of your current comfort zone and become comfortable with the unfamiliar and the unknown. Denis Waitley

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