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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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- run down
- run into
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- take apart
- a cut above
- all walks of life
- as if
- assault and battery
- beat around the bush
- carry on
- check is in the mail
- company
- crown jewels
- cut of one's jib
- eat one's hat
- follow through
- from cover to cover
- from the word go
- front runner
- get a handle on
- go out of one's way
- gold mine
- grain of salt
- hammer home
- have a blast
- have a cow
- hit a snag
- honest-to-goodness
- in black and white
- in line
- in the nick of time
- jump the gun
- keep a lid on
- keep an eye peeled
- keep quiet
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- labor of love
- light up
- lower the boom
- make a decision
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- off the bat
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