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Phrase(s): burst out (of something)
Fig. to seem to explode out of something; to become [suddenly] too big for something, such as clothes, a house, etc. • She is practically bursting out of her dress. • The butterf ly burst out of the chrysalis., Phrase(s): burst out doing something
to begin to do something suddenly, such as cry, laugh, shout, etc. • Suddenly, she burst out singing. • Ted burst out laughing when he read the joke., Phrase(s): burst out (of some place)
to come out of a place very rapidly, like an explosion. • Everyone burst out of the burning building. • Suddenly, the windows all burst out., Phrase(s): burst out
to explode outward; to break open under force. • The door burst out and released the trapped people. • When the glass burst out, Gerald was cut by some splinters.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs