burst out crying
burst out crying
To begin crying very suddenly and profusely. I thought everything was fine until she burst out crying in the middle of dinner. The cop didn't give you a ticket because you burst out crying and really played it up! Normally, I'm OK, but I was so overcome with grief that I burst out crying right in the middle of the department store.
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She
burst out crying too, and so did their eldest daughter, a young lady of about nineteen summers, going at it as if tears were her life's profession.
Laura
burst out crying when she spotted the giant message and as soon as she landed said "yes" to him.
The first time she saw Russell striding over towards her she
burst out crying - literally
burst out crying on the spot.
``Tricia just
burst out crying,'' said Simpkin, 29.
``It was a really normal proposal but really nice and Tricia just
burst out crying,'' said Mark, 29, who lives in Cheshire.
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