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breakout

[ breyk-out ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

an escape, often with the use of force, as from a prison or mental institution.
an appearance or manifestation, as of a disease, that is sudden and often widespread; outbreak.
an itemization; breakdown:
a hotel bill with a breakout of each service offered.
an instance of surpassing any previous achievement:
a breakout in gold prices.
the act or process of removing and disassembling equipment that has been used in drilling a well.

of or constituting a sudden increase, advance, or unexpected success:
The director has finally scored with a breakout movie.

First recorded in 1810–20; noun use of verb phrase break out

He was the breakout star, and was spectacular, and really took the focus that first year.

I'm not that guy from (his breakout 1998 film) Out of Sight.

And Wallace is likely to be the breakout star of this season.

Jeremy Lin exploded onto the stage as the breakout star of one in a long line of mediocre New York Knicks seasons in 2011-12.

Of course, times have changed since 2002, when rock was on top of the world and Interpol was its hottest breakout band.

There was no answer from the ground when breakout came and Calhoun drove the Med Ship to a favorable position for a call.

His young students took command in four-hour watches, with at least one breakout from overdrive in each watch.

There was no answer from the ground when breakout came and Calhoun drove the Med Ship to a favourable position for a call.

It was a very good breakout; too good to be anything but luck.

By dint of energetic prayer she began to amend, but she had one more very bad breakout.

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