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Be overfull with something, be unable to contain oneself with an emotion. For example, Jane's award made her parents burst with pride , or Harry is bursting with the news about his promotion . [Early 1600s]

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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