breaking out
Meaning
present participle and gerund of break out
break out
- (intransitive) To escape, especially forcefully or defiantly.
- (transitive) To rescue someone or aid their escape as in sense 1.
- (idiomatic, transitive) To bring out from storage, use, or present.
- (transitive) To separate (something) from a bundle.
- (transitive) To take or force out by breaking.
- (intransitive) To begin suddenly; to emerge in a certain condition.
- (intransitive) To suddenly get pimples or a rash, especially on one's face.
- (intransitive) (Of a record, product, or company): to achieve widespread success.
- (New-England, obsolete) To remove snow from a road or sidewalk.
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