burst out
verb
burst out also bursted out; bursting out; bursts out
1
: to begin (doing something) suddenly
They both burst out laughing.
2
: to say (something) suddenly
Everyone burst out "Surprise!" as he walked through the door.
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And then, following Labour’s appalling performance in local elections held in May, a leadership contest burst out into the open.
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Anand Menon, Time, 13 June 2026
Crucial events morphed into massive set pieces, like Louis hunting down Claudia’s killers by setting their theater on fire, exploding the motorcycles of the vampires who fled the inferno, and eventually bursting out of a manhole to behead Claudia’s main tormenter.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 2 June 2026
The room burst out in laughter.
—Mike Defabo, New York Times, 1 June 2026
Churchgoers gasped and glanced at their neighbors; some burst out laughing.
—Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, The Atlantic, 31 May 2026
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Anand Menon, Time, 13 June 2026
Crucial events morphed into massive set pieces, like Louis hunting down Claudia’s killers by setting their theater on fire, exploding the motorcycles of the vampires who fled the inferno, and eventually bursting out of a manhole to behead Claudia’s main tormenter.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 2 June 2026
The room burst out in laughter.
—Mike Defabo, New York Times, 1 June 2026
Churchgoers gasped and glanced at their neighbors; some burst out laughing.
—Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, The Atlantic, 31 May 2026
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“Burst out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/burst%20out. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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