Break out Set in

PHRASAL VERB

1. If something bad such as a war or If something unpleasant sets in, it starts to

disease breaks out, it starts happen and have an effect, and is not likely to
E.g. stop for a long time
 We got married a month before the war broke Come into being to start to exist
out. Fall/fit into place
If things fall or fit into place, they start to happen
 The fire must have broken out during the night. in the way that you want them.
Collocations To be / come on the scene
Nouns frequently used as the subject of break out To start to exist or to get involved in a situation
Fighting or violence: or activity
i. Fight, To start existing again
ii. Fighting, Blow up
iii. Hostilities, If a serious argument or problem blows up, it
begins suddenly
iv. Rebellion,
Come into play
v. Riot, To start to happen or have an effect
vi. Scuffles, Come to life
vii. Violence, To start to be alive
viii. War Grow up
E.g. To start existing or being seen
 Fighting broke out between demonstrators and To become alive again after being dead
the police. Rise from the ashes
To start to exist again
A fire: If something such as an idea, plan, or rule sees
i. Blaze, the light of day, it starts to exist
ii. Fire Start off
E.g. To begin, especially in a particular way or by
 Seventeen people died when a blaze broke out doing a particular thing
on the fourth floor of the hotel.
A disease:
Detail
i. Cholera,
ii. The plague
E.g.
 Cholera has broken out in the refugee camps.
2. To escape from a prison
Break out of:
E.g.
 Six prisoners have broken out of a top-security
jail in yorkshire.

3. To escape from something such as a

situation or way of life
Break out of:
E.g.
 The desire to break out of the boring routine of
normal daily living

4. If something such as spots break out, or

if you break out in spots, spots start to
appear on your skin.
E.g.
 Sweat was beginning to break out on his
forehead.
Break out in:
E.g.
 The skin on my arms was breaking out in a
rash.
5. To promote; to roll out
E.g.
 When he hired goldstone, emin is said to have
given him the task of breaking him out on the
international market.
 Break through
1) (break through something) to force your
way through something that is stopping
you from moving forward.
e.g.
 A group of young demonstrators attempted to
break through police lines.
2) To successfully deal with something that
is stopping you making progress.
e.g.
 Attempts to break through prejudice in the
workplace.
3) (break through something) if something
that was hidden breaks through
something, it appears through it.
e.g.
 Maggie’s head broke through the surface of
the pool.
4) If the sun breaks through the clouds, it
appears from behind them
e.g.
 Sunshine breaking through the clouds
 Break up
1) Break something into pieces
2) When a relationship ends
3) When an event ends
4) Make a fight end
5) About radios/phones
6) About schools/students
7) Divide an area/period

1) To break something to make

smaller pieces
e.g.
 Break the chocolate up into squares.

2) If something breaks up, it breaks

into smaller pieces
e.g.
 The plane broke up in mid-air.

3) If a relationship breaks up, it ends

e.g.
 The marriage broke up just a few years
later.
 There were suggestions that her
involvement had broken up the
partnership.

4) If two people break up, they end

their relationship
e.g.
 Break up with: he’s just broken up with
his girlfriend.

5) If a meeting or other event breaks

up, or if you break it up, it ends and people leave
e.g.
 The talks didn’t break up until after midnight.
 Sorry to break up the party, but i have to go.

6) To stop a fight
e.g.
 The police were called in to break up the rioters.

7) If the sound on a radio or mobile phone breaks up, you can no longer hear the
person who is speaking on it
e.g.
 I can’t hear you, you’re breaking up.

8) If schools break up, or if students or teachers break up, the students and
teachers stop working at the end of term

e.g.
 To divide a large area or a period of time into smaller parts so that it does not seem so big or
long
 I usually go for a walk around three o’clock to break up the afternoon.

9) Break it up
Used to tell people to stop fighting
e.g.
 Come on, break it up, you two!
 Break with
1) (break with someone/something) to leave a
group of people, usually because of a
disagreement
e.g.
 That was the year he broke with the labour party.
2) (break with something) if someone breaks with
the past or with tradition, they start doing
things in a completely new way
e.g.
 Some women broke with tradition by going to study
abroad.