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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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- cutting edge
- deliver the goods
- do-or-die
- false step
- feather in one's cap
- flower
- from a to z
- gear up
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- go for it
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- good job
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- half a mind
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- it takes two to tango
- jolly someone along
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- keep your hair on
- light a fire under
- light up
- lion's share
- lip service
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- no holds barred
- number one
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- on thin ice
- one at a time
- one of those days
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- out of the blue
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