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sprang to life

sprang to life is the simple past of spring to life.

Meaning of spring to life

Verb

spring to life (third-person singular simple present springs to life, present participle springing to life, simple past sprang to life or sprung to life, past participle sprung to life)

  1. (idiomatic) To start to exist.
    • Sometimes the ideas spring to life fully formed.

Questions about sprang to life

What is sprang to life the simple past of?
Sprang to life is the simple past of spring to life.

Words near sprang to life in the dictionary

  1. sprang
  2. sprang back
  3. sprang for
  4. sprang into action
  5. sprang out
  6. sprang to life
  7. sprang to mind
  8. sprang to somebody's defence
  9. sprang up
  10. Spranger
  11. Sprangers

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