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  • 51break in phrasal — verb 1 (I) to enter a building by using force, in order to steal something: Someone broke in and took several computers. see also: break in 2 (transitive break someone/something in) to make a person or animal get used to a certain way of behaving …

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  • 52break out — 1) PHRASAL VERB If something such as war, fighting, or disease breaks out, it begins suddenly. [V P] He was 29 when war broke out... [V P] I was in a nightclub in Brixton and a fight broke out. 2) PHRASAL VERB If a prisoner breaks out of a prison …

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  • 53break out — 1. to begin suddenly and with force. A fight broke out in the dance club. Usage notes: usually used to describe a fight, argument, or war 2. to escape from a place or a situation. Two inmates broke out of prison and are still at large. Usage… …

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  • 54break off — 1) PHR V ERG If part of something breaks off or if you break it off, it comes off or is removed by force. [V P] The two wings of the aircraft broke off on impact... [V P n (not pron)] Grace broke off a large piece of the clay... [V n P …

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  • 55break — i. A maneuver ordered to a fighter to avoid being shot down. It consists of a maximum rate turn to destroy the hostile aircraft’s firing solution. ii. To “peel off” from formation. The maneuver is normally ordered when the formation comes over… …

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  • 56break out — I. escape, get away, bust out    He was shot trying to break out of prison trying to escape. II. happen suddenly, erupt    A riot will break out if you don t talk to the strikers …

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  • 57break in — {v.} (stress on in ) 1a. To break from outside. * /The firemen broke in the door of the burning house./ 1b. To enter by force or unlawfully. * /Thieves broke in while the family was away./ 2. To enter suddenly or interrupt. * /A stranger broke in …

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  • 58break in — {v.} (stress on in ) 1a. To break from outside. * /The firemen broke in the door of the burning house./ 1b. To enter by force or unlawfully. * /Thieves broke in while the family was away./ 2. To enter suddenly or interrupt. * /A stranger broke in …

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  • 59break off — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. stop abruptly, end, cease, discontinue; see end 1 , stop 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To stop suddenly, as a conversation, activity, or relationship: cease, discontinue, interrupt, suspend, terminate. See CONTINUE …

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  • 60break\ in — v (stress on in ) 1a. To break from outside. The firemen broke in the door of the burning house. 1b. To enter by force or unlawfully. Thieves broke in while the family was away. 2. To enter suddenly or interrupt. A stranger broke in on the… …

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