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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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- puff up
- run to
- square away
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- stand by
- stick up
- strike up
- take on
- baggage
- be-all and end-all
- by leaps and bounds
- cheek by jowl
- come to terms
- early bath
- fat chance
- food chain
- frog in one's throat
- gear up
- ham it up
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- have a blast
- hit a snag
- hold your fire
- in evidence
- in one's cups
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- one at a time
- one of those days
- pass on
- put down roots
- put the clock back
- right on
- rock bottom
- run hot and cold
- run into the ground
- see eye to eye
- see the light
- set one's cap at
- small fry
- sob story
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