What is "break out"

vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To escape, especially forcefully or defiantly. 2 (context transitive idiomatic English) to bring out, use, or present 3 (context transitive English) To separate from a bundle. 4 (context transitive English) To take or force out by breaking. 5 (context intransitive English) To begin suddenly; to emerge in a certain condition. 6 (context intransitive English) To suddenly get pimples, especially on one's face.

1. v. start abruptly; "After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc" [syn: erupt]

2. begin suddenly and sometimes violently; "He broke out shouting"

3. move away or escape suddenly; "The horses broke from the stable"; "Three inmates broke jail"; "Nobody can break out--this prison is high security" [syn: break, break away]

4. take from stowage in preparation for usage

5. become raw or open; "He broke out in hives"; "My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries"; "Such boils tend to recrudesce" [syn: erupt, recrudesce]

Break Out is an album by Soulive that was released on September 13, 2005. It is produced by Jeff Krasno.

Contrary to previous albums, nearly all of the tracks are collaborations. Guest musicians include Chaka Khan (featured on "Back Again"), Ivan Neville (featured on "Got Soul" and "Take It Easy"), Corey Glover (featured on "Freedom"), Robert Randolph (featured on the Jimi Hendrix cover "Crosstown Traffic" and also on "Interlude II"), and Reggie Watts (featured on "She's Hooked" and "What Can You Do?").

Break Out is the tenth studio album by the American female vocal group The Pointer Sisters and their most successful album to date. The album was released on November 6, 1983 on Planet Records.

Break Out (; lit. "Spark the Lighter") is a 2002 South Korean film.