break outverb

• 1

  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.
• 2

  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.
• 3

  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.
• 4

  To separate (something) from a bundle.

  • Break out the cables from the harness once they are inside the frame.
• 5

  To take or force out by breaking.

  • to break out a pane of glass
• 6

  To begin suddenly; to emerge in a certain condition.

  • He broke out in sweat.
  • He broke out in song.
• 7

  To suddenly get pimples or a rash, especially on one's face.

  • break out in hives
  • break out in a rash
• 8

  (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.
  • The record first happened a few years ago in Florida and had considerable sales. A year later, the record broke out again in Florida and again experienced considerable sales. Both times, it either made the chart or bubbled under.