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bursting

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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: burst, seam

bursting at the seams
1. extremely full or crowded. The courts are bursting at the seams and might not be able to handle more arrests. The city is absolutely bursting at the seams, and one of the biggest complaints people have is the number of cars.
2. containing an unusually large number of people or things. My whole family came to stay for the wedding and our house was bursting at the seams.
See also: burst, seam


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