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fansy
 
Reply Tue 9 Nov, 2010 09:07 pm
Can we say "break out" to mean "someone starts to say something suddenly?"
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JTT
 
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Reply Tue 9 Nov, 2010 09:28 pm
@fansy,
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Can we say "break out" to mean "someone starts to say something suddenly?"


We "break out in laughter" but the situation you've described/you described, if there is such a one, eludes me now.
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littlek
 
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Reply Tue 9 Nov, 2010 09:36 pm
We can also "break out into song".
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