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To escape, especially forcefully or defiantly.
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They broke out of prison in the middle of the night.
Submitted on February 09, 2011
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- a different ballpark
- brown thumb
- cut of one's jib
- elbow room
- false step
- from the word go
- get somebody's goat
- give a ring
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- keep your hair on
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- rock the boat
- second banana
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