Break out and Show

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Break out verb - To develop suddenly and violently.

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Show and break out are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Show" instead a verb "Break out".

Show verb - To come into view.

Usage example: another car showed just as we were thinking we'd have the whole place to ourselves

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Break out and show are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Break out" instead a verb "Show".

Nearby Words: showy, showed, showing, showcase, shown

The Voice does this for most of the season, but in the final voting phase of the show they break out the full-length versions.

Source: Talent Show Version
In one episode of The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, a fight is about to break out between elves and dwarves, only for a man to suddenly appear and say it's too violent to show, so instead, they show a clip of a koala until it's over, all the while, the man is describing the fight.

Source: Fight Unscene
Funny/ — Funny Moments: The moments from a show that cause fans to break out in laughter.

Source: Administrivia / Namespace

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