1. An escape from jail
   "the breakout was carefully planned";
   - break, jailbreak, gaolbreak [Brit, rare], prison break, 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
   "The sailors broke out the emergency supplies when the storm hit"
    
5. Become raw or open
   "He broke out in hives"; "My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries";
   - erupt, recrudesce

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

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

Encyclopedia: Breakout