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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Jaros and Rauh also try to account for the uncertainty over whether taxes can be collected from other billionaires, such as the ones who have left since the beginning of the year and may thus have a legal case for escaping the tax.

— Ramesh Ponnuru, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
Arbella escaped, disguised as a man in a wig, boots and sword, with plans to flee to France with her ill-begotten husband.

— Eva Wolchover, Vanity Fair, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of escape

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Jaros and Rauh calculate that the state will lose money so long as 24 percent of the tax base flees, a condition that’s already been met.

— Ramesh Ponnuru, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
Some senators fled while others braced themselves inside the Senate chamber as Officer Eugene Goodman tried to reason with the mob, and Senate staffers barricaded themselves in offices, hiding.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of flee

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The logic assumes the human form factor is optimal for a factory floor, but this form factor evolved to run away from lions on the African savanna!

— Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 27 Oct. 2026
Baltimore Police The occupants got out of the vehicle and ran away after the crash, police said.

— CBS Baltimore, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of run away

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Shadab completed his century by playing a late cut off Atkinson for his 12th boundary before hitting the fast bowler over long off for a six to reduce the target to three runs off the final three overs.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
The Mercedes failed to turn at a curve and ran off the right side of the road, according to a crash log.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of run off

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Afusia, a 5-foot-11, 265-pound junior lineman, sure looked quick getting out in front of Fields on his long touchdown run.

— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
All workers got out safely and were accounted for without any injuries, Mayor Tiffany O’Donnell said in a Facebook video.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026

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