- break out = start.
I was in Berlin when the war broke out.
- break out of something = escape from a place.
Two prisoners have managed to break out of the jail.
- get out = leave a room or building.
She usually gets out by 6 o'clock.
- get out of = leave a place or escape from a place.
Some birds managed to get out of the cage.
- get out of something = avoid doing something that you have promised
to do.
Kids always try to get out of tidying their room.
- give out = stop working properly, become weaker.
After running for one hour, her legs finally gave out.
- give something out = give out something = give something to each
person in a group = hand out.
Please give the copies out.
- give out something = produce a light, heat or a signal, emit.
The lamp gave out a yellowish light.
- make something out = make out something = be able to see or hear
something.
She could just make out a shape approaching in the dark.
- make something out = make out something = understand something.
She couldn't make out what had happened.
- make somebody out = make out somebody = understand somebody's
character.
She's a strange girl, nobody can make her out.
- make something out of somebody/something = change a person or thing
into something else.
The World Cup can make heroes out of unknown players.
- run out of something = use all of something.
Dear, we have run out of sugar!
Exercise
Choose the right answer.

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