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1. An escape from jail
   "the breakout was carefully planned";
   - break, jailbreak, gaolbreak, prisonbreak, prison-breaking

1. Start abruptly
   "After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc";
   - erupt
    
2. Begin suddenly and sometimes violently
   "He broke out shouting"
    
3. Move away or escape suddenly
   "Nobody can break out--this prison is high security";
   - break, break away
    
4. Take from stowage in preparation for use
    
5. Become raw or open
   "He broke out in hives"; "My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries";
   - erupt, recrudesce

Derived forms: broke out, breaking out, breakouts, breaks out, broken out

Type of: ail, begin, break loose, escape, flight, get away, pain, start, take out, trouble, unpack

Encyclopedia: Breakout