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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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- go away
- grow out of
- look for
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- parcel out
- read out
- stand down
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- take back
- beauty sleep
- behind closed doors
- blaze a trail
- brass ring
- cake crumbs
- day in, day out
- down the drain
- elbow room
- even money
- first port of call
- flesh out
- for the time being
- get busy
- get one's act together
- give a ring
- give birth
- go without saying
- good job
- hem and haw
- hold your fire
- in light of
- in the nick of time
- lemon law
- long row to hoe
- low-hanging fruit
- make believe
- make out like a bandit
- move heaven and earth
- not in kansas anymore
- old school
- old stick
- on a full stomach
- on board
- one another
- penny pincher
- piece of cake
- play it by ear
- pull one's head in
- push the envelope
- rule of thumb
- see red
- see yellow
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- so much for
- spill one's guts
- stars in one's eyes
- suck it up
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- take it easy
- take to the cleaners
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