She was in the middle of teaching her writing class when the head of the English department burst in.
“Sorry to burst in on you like this,” Nick apologized to the room full of surprised people.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
burst out doing something — burst out (doing something) to suddenly begin making sounds. Everyone burst out laughing. I collapsed in a heap and burst out crying … New idioms dictionary
burst in on something — ˌburst ˈin on sb/sth derived to interrupt sb/sth by entering a place suddenly and noisily • He burst in on the meeting. Main entry: ↑burstderived … Useful english dictionary
burst out — (doing something) to suddenly begin making sounds. Everyone burst out laughing. I collapsed in a heap and burst out crying … New idioms dictionary
burst out — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms burst out : present tense I/you/we/they burst out he/she/it bursts out present participle bursting out past tense burst out past participle burst out 1) burst out doing something to suddenly start laughing or… … English dictionary
burst into something — burst into (something) to begin to produce a lot of something. The children burst into tears when they saw their ruined toys. The car burst into flames. The whole situation was so ridiculous, I simply burst into laughter. Related vocabulary:… … New idioms dictionary
burst into — (something) to begin to produce a lot of something. The children burst into tears when they saw their ruined toys. The car burst into flames. The whole situation was so ridiculous, I simply burst into laughter. Related vocabulary: break into… … New idioms dictionary
burst someone's bubble — burst someone’s bubble phrase to end someone’s happiness by making them realize what is happening I hate to burst your bubble, but I don’t think he remembers you. Thesaurus: to make someone feel sad or upsetsynonym Main entry: bubble * * * I see … Useful english dictionary
burst — ► VERB (past and past part. burst) 1) break suddenly and violently apart. 2) be very full. 3) move or be opened suddenly and forcibly. 4) (be bursting with) feel (an irrepressible emotion or impulse). 5) suddenly do something as an expression of… … English terms dictionary
Burst — Burst, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Burst}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bursting}. The past participle bursten is obsolete.] [OE. bersten, bresten, AS. berstan (pers. sing. berste, imp. sing. b[ae]rst, imp. pl. burston, p. p. borsten); akin to D. bersten, G.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Burst — Burst, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Burst}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bursting}. The past participle bursten is obsolete.] [OE. bersten, bresten, AS. berstan (pers. sing. berste, imp. sing. b[ae]rst, imp. pl. burston, p. p. borsten); akin to D. bersten, G.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
