Synonyms for break out
break out

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1. break outverb

   to separate from a bundle

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

   Synonyms:
   sunder out

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1. erupt, break outverb

   start abruptly

   "After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc"

   Synonyms:
   come out, flare up, catch fire, ignite, break through, extravasate, belch, flare, break open, break, burst, combust, irrupt, erupt, burst out, conflagrate, push through, recrudesce, take fire, break away

2. break outverb

   begin suddenly and sometimes violently

   "He broke out shouting"

   Synonyms:
   erupt, recrudesce, break, break away

3. break, break out, break awayverb

   move away or escape suddenly

   "The horses broke from the stable"; "Three inmates broke jail"; "Nobody can break out--this prison is high security"

   Synonyms:
   crack, break away, give way, soften, run, reveal, develop, unwrap, conk out, collapse, die, transgress, founder, weaken, discover, chip, snap off, stop, go, bunk, demote, separate, turn tail, split, give away, damp, smash, fly the coop, interrupt, offend, get out, fracture, relegate, chip off, bring out, violate, divulge, pause, scarper, let on, get around, escape, wear out, cave in, break-dance, break up, check, give out, break in, give, split up, secede, splinter, better, burst, go bad, take to the woods, breach, break off, disclose, bust, erupt, recrudesce, break dance, go against, dampen, break down, fall in, bump, let out, ruin, fall apart, hightail it, kick downstairs, scat, part, lam, infract, run away, head for the hills, fail, come apart, bankrupt, come off, expose, break, discontinue, intermit, wear

4. break outverb

   take from stowage in preparation for use

   Synonyms:
   erupt, recrudesce, break, break away

5. erupt, recrudesce, break outverb

   become raw or open

   "He broke out in hives"; "My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries"; "Such boils tend to recrudesce"

   Synonyms:
   come out, flare up, catch fire, ignite, break through, extravasate, belch, develop, flare, break open, break, burst, combust, irrupt, erupt, burst out, conflagrate, push through, recrudesce, take fire, break away

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1. break out

   Synonyms:
   issue, break forth, burst out

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1. Robbert Vorhoff:

   If you have a proven model (and it can be on a unit economic basis, it doesn’t have to necessarily be a profitable business), but if the unit economics are proven, and you have a very good team, and it’s a better solution for the market, you really have to push yourself to an uncomfortable place. Because others will see that – it’s not groundbreaking, or contrarian. And those opportunities, particularly in very dynamic and disruptive markets, tend to break out…

2. Jennifer Coats:

   After school let out at 3:20 p.m.a large group of approximately 100 gathered in the downtown area. Small fights would break out and the group would travel from block to block. Several people from the group were jumping on vehicles and filming the altercations.

3. Hun Sen:

   Business people were threatened that there would be a tribunal to prosecute them, civil war will break out, it must break out.

4. Michael Church:

   Everyone is obsessed with the Fed, it shouldn't surprise anyone that we didn't break out to new highs this week, given that you had Yellen speaking today and payrolls coming out on Friday.

5. Centre County:

   Pennsylvania State Police continue to chase down new leads and take a fresh look at old leads and we continue to hold out hope that something will break out in this case, everybody, regardless of what position they held, deserves this kind of attention. In any missing persons case, he's not the only one, we feel discouraged when we can't answer the questions for the family, but it doesn't change our dedication to the case.