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break out (of)

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of break out (of)

to get free from a dangerous or confining situation

at last she decided to break out of her suffocating marriage

Synonyms of break out (of)

abscond, clear out, escape, flee, fly, get out, lam, run away, run off

Words Related to break out (of)

avoid, elude, evade, lose, shun

decamp, depart, elope, exit, go, leave, move, pull out, quit, sally (forth), shove (off), take off, walk out

disentangle, extricate

bring off, emancipate, enfranchise, free, liberate, loose, loosen, manumit, redeem, release, rescue, spring, unbind, uncage, unchain, unfetter

Phrases Synonymous with break out (of)

Near Antonyms of break out (of)

abide, dwell, hang around, linger, remain, stay, stick around, tarry

come back, return

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