breakoutnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbreɪk.aʊt/us/ˈbreɪk.aʊt/a violent escape, especially by a group, from prison:
There has been a mass breakout from one of Germany's top security jails.
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Running away and escaping
- abscond
- back away
- back off
- bail out
- be at large idiom
- be on the run idiom
- fugitive
- gaolbreak
- getaway
- go/be run to ground idiom
- heel
- jailbreak
- leg
- loose
- shake sb/sth off
- shoot through
- skedaddle
- slip
- stand clear
- throw
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breakoutadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈbreɪk.aʊt/us/ˈbreɪk.aʊt/used in connection with smaller groups that separate from a meeting to discuss a particular issue, before returning to the main meeting:
a breakout session/meeting/room
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Groups of people
- alliance
- an
- assemblage
- band
- bee
- corps
- crop
- gang
- ginger group
- group
- grouping
- harem
- quarter
- stable
- threesome
- throng
- tribe
- triumvirate
- vintage
- wing
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