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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Only a failure that escapes every layer should reach a human.

— Shivansh Inamdar, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
There was nothing that had escaped being stamped with the Festival’s ubiquitous emblem–sweets, cigarettes, perfume, even sandals–Specially designed to keep you cool and smartly shod for fun-loving Festival walking!

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of escape

Verb

After 2022, most of Russia’s remaining independent media outlets, along with hundreds of thousands of antiwar citizens, fled into exile; any critics who remained in Russia faced the threat of persecution.

— MICHAEL KIMMAGE, Foreign Affairs, 14 Sep. 2026
As the dust settles, John flees, but Zoe comes with a gun to finish off Hal in the rubble.

— Joe Otterson, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of flee

Verb

Trump said on social media alongside a photo of former President Dwight Eisenhower, who was the first president to fly in a helicopter.

— Carter Schroppe, The Washington Examiner, 7 Sep. 2026
At about midnight, the mayflies stopped flying and the fish disappeared.

— Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of fly

Verb

After two shots, the bear reportedly rose and began running away.

— Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2026
Vance did not run away from the issues during his keynote address at the Republican National Committee’s midterm convention in Dallas on Thursday, but chose instead to recognize it.

— Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of run away

Verb

Washington — The two pilots of an Amazon Air cargo jet escaped their Boeing 767 with minor injuries last week at Miami International Airport after the plane ran off the end of a runway, striking two vehicles and killing five people.

— Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026
Reed started 10 shots behind and ran off six birdies in 10 holes, but none after that, to tie for second and expand his lead over McIlroy in the Race to Dubai.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2026

Definition of run off

Verb

But the driver did not comply with officers’ requests to get out of the vehicle.

— Jenny Jarvie Follow, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Regarding the change of his arm angle, how much of it was deliberate versus being a product of mechanics getting out of whack?

— Will Sammon, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

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