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COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
broke into a gallop (= begin to go very fast )
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The horses broke into a gallop .
broke into a run
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He was still following me, and in a panic I broke into a run .
broke into a trot (= started running slowly )
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She broke into a trot and hurried on ahead of us.
dawn broke (= the first light of the day appeared )
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When dawn broke , we were still 50 miles from Calcutta.
Fighting broke out
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Fighting broke out in the crowds.
pandemonium broke out
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When the verdict was read pandemonium broke out in the courtroom.
Scuffles broke out
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Scuffles broke out between rival supporters during the match.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
all hell broke loose
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Debbie told him to shut up, he slapped her, and then all hell broke loose.
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When a fan jumped onto the stage, all hell broke loose.
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A sparrow hawk appeared - and all hell broke loose!
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And then, all hell broke loose.
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But then all hell broke loose, geologically speaking, as increasing numbers of sources for the rock were discovered.
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Journalists woke him up in his bed with the news and, as I suspected, all hell broke loose.
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Not at all bad considering that all hell broke loose in September and the City was rocked by events outside its control.
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She started to strip off, all hell broke loose and he bolted while plain-clothes officers moved in to stage a cover-up.
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What actually happened was that I was as drunk as anybody in the barracks the night all hell broke loose.
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When the story was leaked to the press, all hell broke loose.
the man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo
II. adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"Can you lend me some money?" "Sorry, I'm broke ."
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He turned up at my house yesterday, flat broke and hungry.
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I can't go - I'm broke .
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Lawrence was so broke he had to wear the same suit to work every day.
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She just come back off holiday and she's completely broke .
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We're always broke at the end of the month.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Bethlehem went broke a year later, but a reissue set appeared 20 years later.
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If you removed the future earnings, Baker told jurors, O. J. Simpson is flat broke .
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Naturally I am broke , or almost.
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Tilden died broke , and shunned by many because of his conviction for homosexuality with underage partners.
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Who spends his portion will be broke .