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bursted in

bursted in is the simple past and past participle of burst in.

Meaning of burst in

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

Questions about bursted in

What is bursted in the simple past and past participle of?
Bursted in is the simple past and past participle of burst in.

Words near bursted in in the dictionary

  1. burstability
  2. burstable
  3. Burstall
  4. Burstalls
  5. bursted
  6. bursted in
  7. Burstein
  8. Bursteins
  9. bursten
  10. burstenness
  11. burster

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