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To begin suddenly; to emerge in a certain condition.
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He broke out in song.
Submitted on January 22, 2012
More phrases:
- bring forth
- come up with
- hear out
- kick off
- lay down
- lift up
- pep up
- pipe down
- run into
- strike up
- take off
- birds and bees
- brown thumb
- by leaps and bounds
- catch-as-catch-can
- deep water
- early bath
- easy as pie
- fat of the land
- from time to time
- full speed ahead
- go red
- half-baked
- have a blast
- have second thoughts
- heebie-jeebies
- in one's cups
- in the dark
- in the works
- keep somebody posted
- kiss of death
- nail biter
- nine lives
- on one's toes
- one fell swoop
- out of line
- penny pincher
- put together
- quake in one's boots
- rain cheque
- rock bottom
- rule of thumb
- run into the ground
- run out of steam
- sack out
- same old story
- seat-of-the-pants
- shore up
- shot in the arm
- so there
- spanner
- spruce up
- test the waters
- that does it
- thumbs up
- toot one's own horn
- top banana
- turn over a new leaf
- turn to stone
- turn to stone
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