burst out

Verb

burst out (third-person singular simple present bursts out, present participle bursting out, simple past and past participle burst out)

1. (intransitive, literally) To appear suddenly from within something else.
   • Shouts and screams burst out from the television's speakers2001, Matthew Reilly, Temple
   • They began scurrying to the sides, to make way for the rogue galaxy of bodies that had just burst out of the courtroom2008, Tom Wolfe, Bonfire of the Vanities
2. (intransitive) To display sudden powerful emotion.
   • My parents exchanged amused glances and burst out laughing.1993, Leslie Feinberg, Stone butch blues
3. (intransitive) To speak emotionally or suddenly
   • As soon as the woman's back was turned, Joe burst out, "There, there! see what you've done with your damned foolishness."2007, Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Sport of the Gods