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lead [countable] a piece of information that may help you to solve a crime or mystery SYN clue

- The police have checked out dozens of leads, but have yet to find the killer.

break out phrasal verb

1 if something unpleasant such as a fire, fight, or war breaks out, it starts to happen

- I was still living in London when the war broke out.

- Does everyone know what to do if a fire breaks out?

-Fighting broke out between demonstrators and the police.

→ outbreak

2 to escape from a prison

of

- Three men have broken out of a top-security jail.

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drained

ˌfed ˈup adjective   

informal annoyed or bored, and wanting something to change

- She felt tired and a bit fed up.

fed up with

- I’m really fed up with this constant rain.

- Anna got fed up with waiting.

be sick (and tired) of (doing) something

(also be sick to death of (doing) something) spoken to be angry or bored with something that has been happening for a long time

- I’m sick and tired of your excuses.

- I am sick of working for other people.

get away phrasal verb

1 LEAVE to leave a place, especially when this is not easy

- The meeting dragged on, and I didn’t get away until seven.

from

- I like to get away from London at the weekend.

flee /fliː/ ●●○ verb (past tense and past participle fled /fled/) [intransitive, transitive] written   

to leave somewhere very quickly, in order to escape from danger

- His attackers turned and fled.

- Masaari spent six months in prison before fleeing the country.

flee to/from/into

- Many German artists fled to America at the beginning of World War II.

Hundreds of passengers tried desperately to escape from the boat as it sank.

I agree to disagree.

Sorry, but not sorry.

hot‧head /ˈhɒthed $ ˈhɑːt-/ noun [countable]   someone who does things too quickly without thinking—hotheaded /ˌhɒtˈhedɪd◂ $ ˌhɑːt-/ adjective

be (out) on strikeTeachers are on strike again this week.

go on strike/come out on strike (=start a strike)An estimated 70,000 public sector workers went on strike.

begin a strikeDock workers began a 24-hour strike last night.

call a strike (=tell people to strike)The union threatened to call a strike.

stage a strike (=organize a short strike)Health workers will stage a two-day strike next week

steal something from somebody/something

 He’d stolen the flowers from our garden.

THESAURUS

steal to illegally take something that belongs to someone else

The thieves stole over £10,000 worth of computer equipment.

Thousands of cars get stolen every year.

take to steal something – used when it is clear from the situation that you mean that someone takes something dishonestly

The boys broke into her house and took all her money.

They didn’t take much – just a few items of jewellery.

burgle British English, burglarize American English [usually passive] to go into someone’s home and steal things, especially when the owners are not there

Their house was burgled while they were away.

If you leave windows open, you are asking to be burgled.

rob to steal money or other things from a bank, shop, or person

The gang were convicted of robbing a bank in Essex.

An elderly woman was robbed at gunpoint in her own home.

He’s serving a sentence for robbing a grocery store.

mug to attack someone in the street and steal something from them

People in this area are frightened of being mugged when they go out.

Someone tried to mug me outside the station.

I was late for the appointment with my doctor.

tick‧le /ˈtɪkəl/ ●●○ verb    

1 [transitive] to move your fingers gently over someone’s body in order to make them laugh 

Stop tickling me!► see thesaurus at touch

give somebody a tickle

to move your fingers gently over someone’s body in order to make them laugh