burst in

See also: burstin'

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burst in (third-person singular simple present bursts in, present participle bursting in, simple past and past participle burst in or bursted in)

  1. (idiomatic) to enter suddenly and unexpectedly
    • 2009 October 19, Kelly Huddleston, Alone in the Company of Others: A Novel, Open Books, →ISBN:
      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,” squeaked Teresa, "they always burst in on you unannounced") explained in detail to yet another reporter the difference between a trustworthy hitchhiker and on who was not?

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