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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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- pick up
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- start up
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- strike up
- take a stand
- tee off
- touch off
- zoom down
- all fired up
- at a loss
- class clown
- creature comfort
- crown jewels
- dead on
- diamond in the rough
- down the drain
- early bath
- family jewels
- fear
- flower
- flutter in the dovecote
- for the hell of it
- go for it
- go on the rampage
- goose is cooked
- half-baked
- have a blast
- have a cow
- have a flat
- head-in-the-sand
- home stretch
- in one's cups
- kick ass
- kick the bucket
- low-hanging fruit
- morning, noon and night
- odds and ends
- on edge
- on hold
- on steroids
- on the horn
- on the nose
- one of those days
- out of gas
- out of order
- out of this world
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