break out in WordNet English dictionary

1. move away or escape suddenly
   "The horses broke from the stable"; "Three inmates broke jail"; "Nobody can break out--this prison is high security"
   break  break out  break away 
   
2. become raw or open
   "He broke out in hives"; "My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries"; "Such boils tend to recrudesce"
   erupt  recrudesce  break out 
   
3. begin suddenly and sometimes violently
   "He broke out shouting"
   break out 
   
4. start abruptly
   "After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc"
   erupt  break out 
   
5. take from stowage in preparation for use
   break out 
   

break out in English Wiktionary