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burst out (of something)

Fig. to seem to explode out of something; to become [suddenly] too big for something, such as clothes, a house, etc. She is practically bursting out of her dress. The butterfly burst out of the chrysalis.

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burst out

(of some place) to come out of a place very rapidly, like an explosion. Everyone burst out of the burning building. Suddenly, the windows all burst out.

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burst out (of something)

Fig. to seem to explode out of something; to become [suddenly] too big for something, such as clothes, a house, etc. She is practically bursting out of her dress. The butterfly burst out of the chrysalis.

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burst out doing something

to suddenly begin making sounds Everyone burst out laughing. I collapsed in a heap and burst out crying.

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burst out

see under burst into.

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burst out

v.

1. To explode outward: The container was under so much pressure that it burst out.

2. To leave some place suddenly and forcefully: The doors from the bar opened and the crowd burst out. After school, the children burst out onto the playground.

3. To say something suddenly and loudly: The defendant burst out at the lawyers from the witness stand.

4. To start doing something suddenly: At the end of my story, everyone burst out laughing. The children burst out in song.

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