what does "breaking out" mean...?
Morning is also great for breaking out the vitamins.
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In this context, "breaking out" is an idiom meaning "to produce for consumption."
Usage Characteristics:
1) Informal
2) transitive
"break something out" example: "it was time to break out the champagne".
Sources:
1) http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/break%20out
2) http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/break
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Breaking out literally means escaping, but some people also use it to mean "to bring out", in a way that just sounds more exciting.
What this person is saying, is that they take their vitamins with their breakfast. This is a boring statement and is hardly worth mentioning. Talking about breaking out the vitamins just sounds more exciting.
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It means "to erupt" and maybe "to appear".
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