breakout

[breyk-out]

noun

1. an escape, often with the use of force, as from a prison or mental institution.

2. an appearance or manifestation, as of a disease, that is sudden and often widespread; outbreak.

3. an itemization; breakdown.

   a hotel bill with a breakout of each service offered.

4. an instance of surpassing any previous achievement.

   a breakout in gold prices.

5. the act or process of removing and disassembling equipment that has been used in drilling a well.

adjective

1. of or constituting a sudden increase, advance, or unexpected success.

   The director has finally scored with a breakout movie.

Word History and Origins

Origin of breakout¹

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

Example Sentences

An inflation breakout, by contrast, is a lower risk given how tariff-driven cost increases have been more muted than anticipated earlier this year, she said.

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Jones made her breakout tune using Suno, one of the most prominent song generators.

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The result was his breakout success with the show “Churchy” that started as a self-funded series that was picked up by BET and recently ran through its second season.

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“It still feels like that,” Mescal, 29, the breakout star of “Aftersun” and “All of Us Strangers,” says.

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He was the breakout star of a 2013-14 series England lost 5-0, missed the 2017-18 tour because of the Bristol incident and was only just back from a break from cricket four years ago.

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