breakout

[ breyk-out ]

/ ˈbreɪkˌaʊt /

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.

Origin of breakout

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.

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

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

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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.

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It is that Talents, Incorporated may be wrong about the time of breakout.

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

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

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

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Bors almost chanted, while with gestures toward the radar-screen he picked out the objects near which breakout should fall.

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