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burst up

burst up verb: to explode.

Verb

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

  1. (colloquial, dated) To explode.
  2. (colloquial, dated) To fail; to go bankrupt.

Forms of burst up

third-person singular presentbursts up
present participlebursting up
past participleburst up
pastburst up

Questions about burst up

What does burst up mean?
Burst up means to explode.
What part of speech is burst up?
Burst up is a verb.
What is the past tense of burst up?
The past tense of burst up is burst up.

Words near burst up in the dictionary

  1. burst noise
  2. burst noises
  3. burst out
  4. burst out laughing
  5. burst someone's bubble
  6. burst up
  7. burst-up
  8. burst-ups
  9. burstability
  10. burstable
  11. Burstall

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