BREAK OUT OF Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

break out (of)

verb

Definition of break out (of)

as in to escape

to get free from a dangerous or confining situation at last she decided to break out of her suffocating marriage

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Verb

The Kansas City Royals cannot escape the injury bug this season.

— Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2026
Instead, forecasters are monitoring a recurrent coronal hole, an area where the sun’s magnetic field opens into space and allows faster solar wind to escape.

— Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of escape

Verb

One of those people fled and was still unaccounted for, officials said.

— Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 27 July 2026
Durham has collected descriptions of the HEART calls, showing that nonpolice responders in Durham have helped with everything from finding housing for a woman fleeing domestic violence to setting up medical appointments for a homeless veteran.

— Scott Maucione, NPR, 27 July 2026

Definition of flee

Verb

The bright light attracts massive swarms of flying insects, chased by birds, which unwittingly get instantly vaporized mid-air by the invisible, high-temperature beams.

— Indrabati Lahiri, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
But this didn’t last long with the flying McLarens behind him.

— Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 26 July 2026

Definition of fly

Verb

The sow noticed me in that same moment and ran away with her cubs along the western trail and out of sight over the ridge.

— Todd Orr, Outdoor Life, 30 July 2026
Avalos complimented his players’ ability to embrace hard work and not run away from it throughout the offseason.

— Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 July 2026

Definition of run away

Verb

Boston tied it with an unearned run off A’s starter Jacob Lopez in the sixth after third baseman Tommy White dropped a foul ball.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026
When rain falls on parking lots, water runs off carrying metal dust and chemicals from vehicle tires and brake pads, oil and grease from engines and bacteria from trash.

— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026

Definition of run off

Verb

In a United conference room tucked away from the commotion of the terminal, the musicians get out their instruments and are harmonizing a few seconds later.

— Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
Instructions for pickup are discreetly communicated to health-care workers, soldiers, politicians, and cops, but word quickly gets out and the medical depots are swarmed by armed citizens desperate to save themselves.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026

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