burst in

verb

to enter suddenly and unexpectedly

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Meanings

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

present singular third person bursts in · participle present bursting in · nonstandard participle past bursted in · nonstandard past bursted in

  1. idiomaticto enter suddenly and unexpectedly
    1 more example

    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?

    2009 October 19, Kelly Huddleston, Alone in the Company of Others: A Novel, Open Books, →ISBN

Translations

Latin irrumpō
  • irrumpōto enter suddenly and unexpectedly
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APA

burst in. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burst%20in

MLA

“burst in.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burst%20in. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “burst in,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burst%20in.

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