Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
The police are still looking for the three prisoners who __________ jail at the weekend.

• A. broke out of
• B. set off
• C. take up
• D. cross out

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

broke out of

Option A is the correct answer because the phrasal verb 'broke out of' means to escape.

Options B, C and D are incorrect because 'set off' means to start on a journey or to cause something to operate especially by accident, 'take up' means to start doing something new and 'cross out' means to draw a line through something you have written, usually because it is wrong.