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"text": "They broke out of prison in the middle of the night."
},
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"text": "The brigade succeeded in breaking out of the pocket and reunited with friendly forces."
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"roman": "táochū",
"sense": "to escape, especially forcefully or defiantly",
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"word": "脱出する"
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"text": "After Big Tony was sent to prison, his friends got together to break him out."
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{
"text": "Break out the bubbly and celebrate."
},
{
"text": "Before you immediately break out calculus, consider that there might be a more elegant way to find the answer in this case."
},
{
"text": "Picks and shovels had been perfectly adequate for the sporadic digging we'd had to do over the last month, but when faced with 30 cubic yards of earth to move in at once, we decided to break out the heavy equipment."
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"text": "Break out the cables from the harness once they are inside the frame."
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"word": "hajottaa"
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"text": "to break out a pane of glass"
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"text": "The First World War broke out in 1914.",
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"ref": "1922, James Joyce, chapter 13, in Ulysses",
"text": "The pretty lips pouted awhile but then she glanced up and broke out into a joyous little laugh which had in it all the freshness of a young May morning.",
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"ref": "2022 January 12, “Network News: Further extension to Transport for London emergency funding”, in RAIL, number 948, page 8",
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"word": "爆發"
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"word": "syttyä"
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"word": "발발하다"
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"text": "break out in hives"
},
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"text": "break out in a rash"
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"text": "It wasn't until later that her album broke out and she hit the big time.",
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"ref": "1971, Billboard, volume 83, number 13, page 31",
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"text": "After Big Tony was sent to prison, his friends got together to break him out."
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"text": "Break out the bubbly and celebrate."
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"text": "Before you immediately break out calculus, consider that there might be a more elegant way to find the answer in this case."
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"text": "Picks and shovels had been perfectly adequate for the sporadic digging we'd had to do over the last month, but when faced with 30 cubic yards of earth to move in at once, we decided to break out the heavy equipment."
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"text": "Break out the cables from the harness once they are inside the frame."
}
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"text": "to break out a pane of glass"
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{
"text": "The First World War broke out in 1914.",
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"ref": "1922, James Joyce, chapter 13, in Ulysses",
"text": "The pretty lips pouted awhile but then she glanced up and broke out into a joyous little laugh which had in it all the freshness of a young May morning.",
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"ref": "2022 January 12, “Network News: Further extension to Transport for London emergency funding”, in RAIL, number 948, page 8",
"text": "In a war of words that has broken out between Khan and Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps, the Mayor was accused of sending revenue-raising proposals to Shapps some three weeks late, giving him little choice but to extend negotiations.",
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"glosses": [
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"text": "break out in hives"
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"text": "It wasn't until later that her album broke out and she hit the big time.",
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"ref": "1971, Billboard, volume 83, number 13, page 31",
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"ref": "2000, Billboard, volume 112, number 28, page 25",
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"ref": "1895, Judkins, Brawn & Eaton, \"Town Warrant\" in 79th Annual Report of the Municipal Officers of the Town of Dexter (Maine), Bunker & Warren, page 6",
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "táochū",
"sense": "to escape, especially forcefully or defiantly",
"word": "逃出"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to escape, especially forcefully or defiantly",
"word": "paeta"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to escape, especially forcefully or defiantly",
"word": "s’échapper"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to escape, especially forcefully or defiantly",
"word": "s’évader"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to escape, especially forcefully or defiantly",
"word": "ausbrechen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to escape, especially forcefully or defiantly",
"word": "evadere"
},
{
"alt": "だっしゅつする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "dasshutsu suru",
"sense": "to escape, especially forcefully or defiantly",
"word": "脱出する"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to escape, especially forcefully or defiantly",
"word": "ērumpō"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to escape, especially forcefully or defiantly",
"word": "izlauzties"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sbegátʹ",
"sense": "to escape, especially forcefully or defiantly",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сбега́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sbežátʹ",
"sense": "to escape, especially forcefully or defiantly",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "сбежа́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vyryvátʹsja",
"sense": "to escape, especially forcefully or defiantly",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "вырыва́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "výrvatʹsja",
"sense": "to escape, especially forcefully or defiantly",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "вы́рваться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "proryvátʹsja",
"sense": "to escape, especially forcefully or defiantly",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "прорыва́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prorvátʹsja",
"sense": "to escape, especially forcefully or defiantly",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "прорва́ться"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to escape, especially forcefully or defiantly",
"word": "escapar (forzadamente)"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to escape, especially forcefully or defiantly",
"word": "bryta sig ut"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to escape, especially forcefully or defiantly",
"word": "rymma"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vtiktý",
"sense": "to escape, especially forcefully or defiantly",
"word": "втікти́"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to escape, especially forcefully or defiantly",
"word": "taro allan"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to bring out, use, or present",
"word": "ottaa esiin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to bring out, use, or present",
"word": "montrer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to bring out, use, or present",
"word": "hervorholen"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dostatʹ",
"sense": "to bring out, use, or present",
"word": "достать"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to separate from a bundle",
"word": "hajottaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to separate from a bundle",
"word": "purkaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to separate from a bundle",
"word": "isoler"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to separate from a bundle",
"word": "herauslösen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to separate from a bundle",
"word": "absondern"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to take or force out by breaking",
"word": "särkeä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to take or force out by breaking",
"word": "briser"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to take or force out by breaking",
"word": "herausbrechen"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vylámyvatʹ",
"sense": "to take or force out by breaking",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "выла́мывать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "výlomatʹ",
"sense": "to take or force out by breaking",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "вы́ломать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vybivátʹ",
"sense": "to take or force out by breaking",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "выбива́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "výbitʹ",
"sense": "to take or force out by breaking",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "вы́бить"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "indalaʕa",
"sense": "to begin suddenly; to emerge in a certain condition",
"word": "اِنْدَلَعَ"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to begin suddenly; to emerge in a certain condition",
"word": "qopmaq"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to begin suddenly; to emerge in a certain condition",
"word": "esclatar"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to begin suddenly; to emerge in a certain condition",
"word": "爆發"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bàofā",
"sense": "to begin suddenly; to emerge in a certain condition",
"word": "爆发"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to begin suddenly; to emerge in a certain condition",
"word": "勃發"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bófā",
"sense": "to begin suddenly; to emerge in a certain condition",
"word": "勃发"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to begin suddenly; to emerge in a certain condition",
"word": "puhjeta"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to begin suddenly; to emerge in a certain condition",
"word": "syttyä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to begin suddenly; to emerge in a certain condition",
"word": "survenir"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to begin suddenly; to emerge in a certain condition",
"word": "ausbrechen"
},
{
"alt": "ぼっぱつする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "boppatsu suru",
"sense": "to begin suddenly; to emerge in a certain condition",
"word": "勃発する"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "balbalhada",
"sense": "to begin suddenly; to emerge in a certain condition",
"word": "발발하다"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razgorátʹsja",
"sense": "to begin suddenly; to emerge in a certain condition",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "разгора́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razgorétʹsja",
"sense": "to begin suddenly; to emerge in a certain condition",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "разгоре́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razražátʹsja",
"sense": "to begin suddenly; to emerge in a certain condition",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "разража́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razrazítʹsja",
"sense": "to begin suddenly; to emerge in a certain condition",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "разрази́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vspýxivatʹ",
"sense": "to begin suddenly; to emerge in a certain condition",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "вспы́хивать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vspýxnutʹ",
"sense": "to begin suddenly; to emerge in a certain condition",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "вспы́хнуть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to begin suddenly; to emerge in a certain condition",
"word": "estallar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to begin suddenly; to emerge in a certain condition",
"word": "utbryta"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "spaláxuvaty",
"sense": "to begin suddenly; to emerge in a certain condition",
"word": "спала́хувати"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to begin suddenly; to emerge in a certain condition",
"word": "taro allan"
}
],
"word": "break out"
}
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