• 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!

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