burst in on

1. 1.

   spring suddenly

   “He burst upon our conversation”

   Synonymsburst upon

   Broaderinterrupt

Questions about burst in on

What does burst in on mean?

burst in on means "spring suddenly".

What is another word for burst in on?

Close synonyms include burst upon. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is burst in on a common word?

burst in on is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.