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burst out

burs·tout

fairly common

verb

1.

give sudden release to an expression

  • “We burst out laughing”
  • “'I hate you,”
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2.

appear suddenly

  • “Spring popped up everywhere in the valley”
3.

erupt or intensify suddenly

  • “Unrest erupted in the country”
  • “Tempers flared at the meeting”
  • “The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism”

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