burst on something

burst on something
ˈburst on/onto sth derived
to appear somewhere suddenly in a way that is very noticeable

A major new talent has

burst onto the

literary

scene

.

Main entry:burstderived

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  • burst — burst1 [bə:st US bə:rst] v past tense and past participle burst ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(break open)¦ 2 be bursting with something 3¦(move suddenly)¦ 4 burst open 5 be bursting to do something 6 be bursting 7 burst somebody s bubble 8 burst its banks Phrasal… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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  • burst into — phrasal verb Word forms burst into : present tense I/you/we/they burst into he/she/it bursts into present participle bursting into past tense burst into past participle burst into 1) burst into something [transitive] to suddenly start doing… …   English dictionary

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  • burst — ► VERB (past and past part. burst) 1) break suddenly and violently apart. 2) be very full. 3) move or be opened suddenly and forcibly. 4) (be bursting with) feel (an irrepressible emotion or impulse). 5) suddenly do something as an expression of… …   English terms dictionary

  • Burst — Burst, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Burst}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bursting}. The past participle bursten is obsolete.] [OE. bersten, bresten, AS. berstan (pers. sing. berste, imp. sing. b[ae]rst, imp. pl. burston, p. p. borsten); akin to D. bersten, G.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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