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burst in on
verb as in surprise
Example Sentences
Giving new details on the events, it said that unidentified gunmen dressed in civilian clothes burst in on a council of ministers meeting on Tuesday, taking the participants by surprise.
Acidic scenes surrounding the girls include Dawn bursting in on her quarreling parents just in time to see her father choking her mother.
A video game-like promotional video showed the wearer bursting in on an enemy cell, bullets ricocheting off the armour.
“We are liberals from Broadway!” declares Andrew Rannells, in a funny turn as an actor between bookings who bursts in on a local PTA meeting with the rest of the hyperbolically dismissive New York contingent.
It was evening when she burst in on me while I was getting ready to go out with friends, breaking the news with surface details about a car crash.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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