break loose
Example Sentences
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The first landslides and Spirit Lake Fifteen seconds after the earthquake, the bulge on the north face of Mount St. Helens broke loose and began to slide down the mountain.
From Literature
When a high-school frenemy convinces four post-college besties in suburban Maryland to let her make a documentary about them, it goes viral, and all millennial hell breaks loose.
From Los Angeles Times
“When we found out, all hell broke loose. He rented out the house to friends of his wife while he decided what to do next.”
From MarketWatch
From his rearview mirror, McMurrough saw Spivey move his arm slightly, he said at the deposition, and then “all hell broke loose.”
Ms Strickland, who is retired, said she was attending the funeral of her best friend's partner when "all hell broke loose".
From BBC
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