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burst in

burst in verb: to enter suddenly and unexpectedly.

Verb

burst in (third-person singular simple present bursts in, present participle bursting in, simple past and past participle burst in or (nonstandard) bursted in)

  1. (idiomatic) to enter suddenly and unexpectedly
    • One of the editors, who had promised not to show any footage of Teresa, didn't keep his promise; and who but the members of the BS Club would take notice of the woman taking a bath in Wanda's circular bathtub as Rolf, who had burst in on her unannounced (“that's the nature of opportunists,”...2009 October 19, Kelly Huddleston, Alone in the Company of Others: A Novel, Open Books, →ISBN

Forms of burst in

third-person singular presentbursts in
present participlebursting in
past participleburst in
pastburst in
past participle (nonstandard)bursted in
past (nonstandard)bursted in

Questions about burst in

What does burst in mean?
Burst in means to enter suddenly and unexpectedly.
What part of speech is burst in?
Burst in is a verb.
What is the past tense of burst in?
The past tense of burst in is burst in.

Words near burst in in the dictionary

  1. bursopentine
  2. burst
  3. burst a blood vessel
  4. burst at the seams
  5. burst forth
  6. burst in
  7. burst into
  8. burst into flame
  9. burst into flames
  10. burst into flower
  11. burst into tears

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