burst the bubble
Example Sentences
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Both of those books—memoirs by players who pushed back against the game’s most sacred traditions—went to great lengths to burst the bubble of baseball’s purity.
From Slate • Feb. 10, 2020
"It couldn't burst the bubble of London in the '50s."
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2018
Don’t wanna burst the bubble, but you can figure out the answer: It was a wig!
From Washington Times • Sep. 13, 2016
I was expecting to hear practical solutions to the housing crisis, and a drive to burst the bubble.
From The Guardian • Jun. 11, 2014
Thus he burst the bubble conceit of the Norwegians, to make them feel clearly how their pride was gone, when they saw it forced to do homage to a dog.
From The Danish History, Books I-IX by Saxo, Grammaticus
