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To begin suddenly; to emerge in a certain condition.
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He broke out in song.
Submitted on January 22, 2012
More phrases:
- bring out
- hang up
- knock up
- muck about
- put forward
- quiet down
- sneak off
- speak for
- stick up
- tell apart
- top off
- add fuel to the fire
- apply oneself
- back-to-back
- beat a dead horse
- been there, done that
- catch flies
- deafening silence
- false step
- fear
- field day
- fit as a fiddle
- for the hell of it
- free-for-all
- from cover to cover
- gear up
- get a jump on
- get into trouble
- go red
- ground rules
- in one's cups
- in order
- in the dark
- it takes two to tango
- jolly someone along
- jump at the chance
- keep your hair on
- kiss of death
- lie through one's teeth
- long row to hoe
- make headway
- no biggie
- no joy
- on its merits
- on thin ice
- out of proportion
- pardon my french
- pass on
- pay for it
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- play old harry
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- push the envelope
- put one over
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- seize the day
- set one's cap at
- so much for
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