break out Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb start abruptly
   erupt.
   
   • After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc
2. verb begin suddenly and sometimes violently
   
   • He broke out shouting
3. verb move away or escape suddenly
   break; break away.
   
   • The horses broke from the stable
   • Three inmates broke jail
   • Nobody can break out--this prison is high security
4. verb take from stowage in preparation for use
   
5. verb become raw or open
   recrudesce; erupt.
   
   • He broke out in hives
   • My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries
   • Such boils tend to recrudesce

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