burst into sight

burst into sight

To suddenly emerge or become visible. I wasn't sure what the bunny was running from, until a dog burst into sight. As soon as the boys started shoving each other at recess, several teachers burst into sight. We were only playing catch in the house for, like, a minute, but then Mom burst into sight and put us in time-out.
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burst into sight

Fig. to come into view suddenly. (As if the sight appeared as suddenly as an explosion.) The sun finally burst into sight at the horizon. Suddenly, a tiger burst into sight and caught the hunter off guard.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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