broke-out

Updated: June 2, 2025

I'd met one o' them ten mile up the river, as it might be this afternoon; an' the fire it took place as it might be to-morrow mornin'." "But where was you when the fire broke-out? that's the question," demanded Dave, with a pleasant side-glance round the table. "Eh?" "You'll be bumpin' up agen a snag some o' these times, young feller," muttered the bullock driver.

Joseph Furphy - Such Is Life