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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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- bent on
- blow off steam
- brown thumb
- carry one's weight
- come hell or high water
- company
- cutting edge
- deafening silence
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- don't get me started
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- for the hell of it
- get it on
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- goose is cooked
- hat in hand
- have a flat
- have a green thumb
- honest-to-goodness
- if needs be
- in detail
- in heaven's name
- in one's cups
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