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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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- tide over
- tone down
- all very well
- at one's beck and call
- big cheese
- burn the midnight oil
- can of worms
- come hell or high water
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- drop a dime
- early bath
- fair game
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- go without saying
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- home stretch
- jolly someone along
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- low-hanging fruit
- middle of nowhere
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- not in kansas anymore
- odd and curious
- off-color
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- on steroids
- pay for it
- pull one's weight
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