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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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- crown jewels
- cut of one's jib
- daily grind
- deep water
- fair game
- follow through
- for goodness' sake
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- front runner
- get it
- give birth
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- golden opportunity
- ground rules
- in light of
- jump the gun
- kick ass
- kiss of death
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- middle ground
- middle of nowhere
- morning, noon and night
- not half bad
- out of house and home
- out of the question
- pencil-neck
- play one's cards right
- pretty pictures
- price on one's head
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