- break into song
- begin to sing suddenly, sing without warning
One of our teachers used to break into song when he taught poetry.
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break into song
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break into song — burst/break/into song phrase to begin singing Thesaurus: to singsynonym singershyponym Main entry: song … Useful english dictionary
break into song — start singing … English contemporary dictionary
break into — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms break into : present tense I/you/we/they break into he/she/it breaks into present participle breaking into past tense broke into past participle broken into 1) break into something to enter a building by force … English dictionary
break into — 1) PHRASAL VERB If someone breaks into a building, they get into it by force. [V P n] There was no one nearby who might see him trying to break into the house... [V P n] In this country a house is broken into every 24 seconds. 2) PHRASAL VERB If… … English dictionary
break into — ► break into burst forth into (laughter, song, or faster movement). Main Entry: ↑break … English terms dictionary
burst into song — burst/break/into song phrase to begin singing Thesaurus: to singsynonym singershyponym Main entry: song … Useful english dictionary
break into — verb 1. express or utter spontaneously (Freq. 4) break into a yodel break into a song break into tears • Hypernyms: ↑utter, ↑emit, ↑let out, ↑let loose … Useful english dictionary
break into — phr verb Break into is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑face, ↑intruder, ↑thief, ↑vandal Break into is used with these nouns as the object: ↑applause, ↑car, ↑conversation, ↑flat, ↑gallop, ↑grin, ↑ … Collocations dictionary
break into — 1》 enter forcibly. 2》 suddenly burst into (laughter, song, or faster movement). → break … English new terms dictionary
break into — 1) thieves broke into a house on Park Street Syn: burgle, burglarize, rob; force one s way into 2) Phil broke into the discussion Syn: interrupt, butt into, cut in on, intervene in 3) he broke into a song … Thesaurus of popular words
