Having missed breakfast we turned eagerly to lunch, breaking out peanut butter sandwiches, apples, and cookies. As we sat on the summit, gobbling the food, we surveyed our domain like kings—the lakes, the rolling granite, the meadows and forests, all spread out beneath us.
I would appreciate it if you could tell me what breaking ou the phrase in Line 2 means.
It cannot mean literally breaking into small fragments.
Thanks.
EndFragment->deborahjeong I would appreciate it if you could tell me what breaking ou the phrase in Line 2 means. It cannot mean literally breaking into small fragments. You are right, it does not.
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deborahjeongI would appreciate it if you could tell me what breaking ou the phrase in Line 2 means. It cannot mean literally breaking into small fragments.
You are right, it does not.
'Break out' = (110 d) to prepare for use: to break out the parachutes.