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bursting in

bursting in is the present participle and gerund 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 bursting in

What is bursting in the present participle and gerund of?
Bursting in is the present participle and gerund of burst in.

Words near bursting in in the dictionary

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

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