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Burst out   /bərst aʊt/   Listen
Burst out

verb
1.
Give sudden release to an expression.  "'I hate you,' she burst out"
2.
Appear suddenly.  Synonym: pop out.
3.
Erupt or intensify suddenly.  Synonyms: break open, erupt, flare, flare up, irrupt.  "Tempers flared at the meeting" , "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism"





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"Burst out" Quotes from Famous Books



... and would relate very seriously to the good Josephine what a narrow escape he had on the road; how men of a sinister appearance had shown themselves many times on his way; how one of them had had the boldness to aim at him, etc. And when he saw her well frightened, he would burst out laughing, give her some taps or kisses on her cheek and neck, saying to her, "Have no fear, little goose; they would not dare." On these "days of furlough," as he called them, he was occupied more with his private affairs than with those of ...
— The Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte • Bourrienne, Constant, and Stewarton
... was to have a son, and he was to grow up, and was to come down into the cellar to draw the beer, and the mallet was to fall on his head and kill him!" And then they all started a-crying worse than before. But the gentleman burst out a- laughing, and reached up and pulled out the mallet, and then he said: "I've travelled many miles, and I never met three such big sillies as you three before; and now I shall start out on my travels again, ...
— English Fairy Tales • Joseph Jacobs (coll. & ed.)
... them aboard another vehicle. It now burst out with that same encouraging tune "Lo! the Conquering Hero Comes!" though the strains could hardly be heard above the roar of many lusty voices trying to drown each ...
— Jack Winters' Baseball Team - Or, The Rivals of the Diamond • Mark Overton
... He burst out laughing the next moment at my doleful face, gave the screw a few rapid twists; and in a few more moments it was out, and he took hold ...
— Nat the Naturalist - A Boy's Adventures in the Eastern Seas • G. Manville Fenn
... John, Alfred, and Martin burst out laughing at the sight; and even Mrs. Campbell and the two girls could not help ...
— The Settlers in Canada • Frederick Marryat


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