burst out
phrasal 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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The American burst out of the start in Sunday’s final but caught a gate with her right arm after just 13 seconds, sending her tumbling down the slope to a halt.
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Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026
Hand on face, tears about to burst, el corazón a punto de salirse del pecho (with his heart about to burst out of his chest).
—Sucio Smash, VIBE.com, 7 Feb. 2026
After bursting out of the middle of a snowman, Dusty steps down into the audience to do a little of her famous off-color crowd work.
—Merrill Markoe, Rolling Stone, 1 Feb. 2026
Moura fills the frame and bursts from it just as his character bursts out of his immediate milieu into history.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2026
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Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026
Hand on face, tears about to burst, el corazón a punto de salirse del pecho (with his heart about to burst out of his chest).
—Sucio Smash, VIBE.com, 7 Feb. 2026
After bursting out of the middle of a snowman, Dusty steps down into the audience to do a little of her famous off-color crowd work.
—Merrill Markoe, Rolling Stone, 1 Feb. 2026
Moura fills the frame and bursts from it just as his character bursts out of his immediate milieu into history.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2026
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“Burst out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/burst%20out. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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