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spring to life

spring to life verb: to start to exist.

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.
    • Just after the half-hour mark, the contest sprung to life with a frantic passage of play, Lampard's first-time ball releasing Drogba, whose slight hesitation allowed Gael Givet to produce a brilliant saving tackle.2011 January 15, Sam Sheringham, “Chelsea 4 - 3 Blackburn Rovers”, in BBC

Forms of spring to life

third-person singular presentsprings to life
present participlespringing to life
pastsprang to life
pastsprung to life
past participlesprung to life

Questions about spring to life

What does spring to life mean?
Spring to life means to start to exist.
What part of speech is spring to life?
Spring to life is a verb.
What is the past tense of spring to life?
The past tense of spring to life is sprang to life.

Words near spring to life in the dictionary

  1. spring studs
  2. Spring Terrace
  3. spring the luff
  4. spring tide
  5. spring tides
  6. spring to life
  7. spring to mind
  8. spring to somebody's defence
  9. spring training
  10. spring up
  11. Spring Vale

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