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Escape from short holiday in the open air (5,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

break out

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'escape' is the definition.
(breaking out is a kind of escaping)

'short holiday in the open air' is the wordplay.
'short holiday' becomes 'break' (I've seen this before).
'in the open air' becomes 'out' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'break'+'out'='BREAK-OUT'

'from' is the link.

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(Other definitions for break out that I've seen before include "Appear suddenly - escape" , "Start suddenly; escape (from prison)" , "Escape from jail" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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