burst in on
idiom
: to suddenly enter a room and interrupt (someone or something)
They just burst in on us without even knocking on the door.
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But Beck had barely furnished his office when Rice burst in on him that summer.
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Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2025
During visits to Long Pond, Hobert and Abrams burst in on each other’s solo recording sessions and downed tequila shots between takes while Dessner laughed along, filming the duo’s most amusing moments.
—Malia Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2024
The characters burst in on a theater company during rehearsals and plead their case.
—Tim Parks, The New York Review of Books, 23 Feb. 2021
In 2010, Hungarian police burst in on renowned gynecologist and midwifeÁgnes Geréb at the home of a patient.
—Hillary Kelly, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2021
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Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2025
During visits to Long Pond, Hobert and Abrams burst in on each other’s solo recording sessions and downed tequila shots between takes while Dessner laughed along, filming the duo’s most amusing moments.
—Malia Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2024
The characters burst in on a theater company during rehearsals and plead their case.
—Tim Parks, The New York Review of Books, 23 Feb. 2021
In 2010, Hungarian police burst in on renowned gynecologist and midwifeÁgnes Geréb at the home of a patient.
—Hillary Kelly, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2021
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“Burst in on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/burst%20in%20on. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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