spring to life



spring to life

Fig. to become suddenly alive or more alive. The party sprang to life after midnight. The city sprang to life at dawn.
See also: life, spring

spring to life

1. to suddenly become active I was standing on the golf course when the sprinkler system sprang to life without warning.
2. to begin existing The company sprang to life in 1939 as a manufacturer of testing instruments.
See also: life, spring

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
PanchoPAHN-choSpanish
IldikÓ-Hungarian
HÉCtorEK-torSpanish
Malle-Medieval English
Alisaah-LEE-sah (Russian), AH-lee-sah (Finnish)Russian, Finnish
ShaunSHAWNEnglish