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burst onto the scene

Fig. to appear suddenly in a location. When Charles burst onto the scene, no one was prepared for the news he brought. The police suddenly burst onto the scene and arrested everyone in the room.

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burst onto the scene

to suddenly become famous Marsalis burst onto the scene in the early 1980s and proved that jazz could have its own superstars.

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