break out

éclater, se déclarer

Commencer soudainement, ou manifester brusquement un sentiment, une maladie ou une réaction physique.

En anglais simple : To start suddenly, or suddenly show signs of a feeling, illness, or physical reaction.

• A fire broke out upstairs.
• He broke out in a cold sweat.
• Fighting has broken out near the border.

Comment l'utiliser : break out in something (She broke out in a rash after eating the berries.); break out into something (The audience broke out into cheers.)

Synonymes : erupt, start, flare up

Expressions courantes : break out suddenly, break out overnight

s’évader, s’échapper

S’échapper d’un lieu où l’on est retenu, souvent en employant la force.

En anglais simple : To escape from a place where you are being kept, often by using force.

• The prisoners tried to break out.
• She broke out of the locked room through a window.
• How did they break out without the guards noticing?

Comment l'utiliser : break out of somewhere (Three prisoners broke out of jail.)

Synonymes : escape, get out

Expressions courantes : break out together, break out tonight

faire évader, libérer

Aider quelqu’un à s’échapper d’un lieu où il est retenu.

En anglais simple : To help someone escape from a place where they are being kept.

• They wanted to break him out.
• Her friends broke her out of the locked building.
• Who helped break the prisoner out of jail?

Comment l'utiliser : break someone out (His friends planned to break him out.); break someone out of somewhere (They broke their leader out of prison.)

Synonymes : free, rescue

Expressions courantes : break out someone, break out prisoners

sortir

Sortir quelque chose qui était rangé pour l’utiliser ou le montrer.

En anglais simple : To get something that has been stored away so you can use or show it.

• Let us break out the snacks.
• They broke out the champagne after the announcement.
• We will break out the camping equipment this weekend.

Comment l'utiliser : break out something (Let us break out the board games.); break something out (It is cold enough to break the winter coats out.)

Synonymes : bring out, get out

Contraires : put away

Expressions courantes : break out champagne, break out supplies, break out something

enlever en cassant

Retirer un morceau de quelque chose en le cassant pour le détacher.

En anglais simple : To remove a piece of something by breaking it away.

• They broke out the damaged glass.
• The builders broke out part of the concrete floor.
• We must break out these bricks to make an opening.

Comment l'utiliser : break something out of something (They broke a section out of the concrete wall.)

Synonymes : break away, remove

Expressions courantes : break out glass, break out concrete, break out something

séparer

Détacher une partie d’un ensemble de choses maintenues ensemble.

En anglais simple : To separate one part from a group of things held together.

• Break out these two cables.
• The technician broke out each wire from the bundle.
• We need to break out the cables before attaching the connectors.

Comment l'utiliser : break something out from something (Break the wires out from the main bundle.)

Synonymes : separate, detach

Expressions courantes : break out cables, break out wires