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be bulging at the seams
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be bulging/bursting at the seams  (informal)
if a place is bursting at the seams, it has a very large number of people or things in it All my family came to stay for the wedding and our little house was bursting at the seams.
See also: bulge, seam


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The city may be bursting at the seams with growth, but it still clings to its small-town Independence Day traditions, the cornerstone of which is Saturday's Fourth of July Parade.
 
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