break out

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour indiquer le début soudain de quelque chose de désagréable, comme une guerre, un incendie, une maladie ou une bagarre, ou pour s'échapper d'un lieu ou d'une captivité.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the sudden start of something unpleasant, such as a war, fire, disease, or fight, or to escape from a place or confinement.

indénombrable · verbe irrégulier · intransitif · phrasal, sans objet

1. Start suddenlyformal

   To begin suddenly and often violently, used for events like wars, fires, or diseases.

   éclater soudainement

   • A fire broke out in the factory last night.
   • The war broke out unexpectedly in the region.
   • A fight broke out between the two groups.

   Synonymesburst outeruptflare up

   Antonymesabateceaseendstopsubside

2. informal

   To escape from a place or confinement, especially a prison.

   s'évader

   • The prisoners broke out of jail at dawn.
   • He broke out of his cage and ran away.
   • They planned to break out of the detention center.

   Synonymesabscondboltdecampescapefleeget awayrun away

3. Develop skin conditioninformal

   To develop a skin rash or pimples suddenly.

   faire une éruption cutanée

   • She broke out in hives after eating strawberries.
   • He broke out with acne during his teenage years.
   • The child broke out in a rash from the new soap.

   Synonymeserupt

Verbe de basebreak