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spring to life en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (idiomatic) To start to exist.
   • Sometimes the ideas spring to life fully formed.
   • Just after the half-hour mark, the contest sprung to life with a frantic passage of play, Lampard's first-time ball releasing Drogba, whose slight hesitation allowed Gael Givet to produce a brilliant saving tackle. 2011 January 15, Sam Sheringham, “Chelsea 4 - 3 Blackburn Rovers”, in BBC:

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Translations (26)

ru возника́ть (start to exist) · tr belirivermek (start to exist) · mk се појавува (start to exist) · bg появявам се (start to exist) · da springe (start to exist) · ja 跳ねる (start to exist) · nl ontspringen (start to exist) · it formarsi (start to exist) · de entspringen (start to exist) · el ξεπροβάλλω (start to exist) · pt nascer (start to exist) · eu jaio (start to exist) · nl ontstaan (start to exist) · it nascere (start to exist) · fi nousta (start to exist) · lb entsprangen (start to exist) · fr naître (start to exist) · mt tfaċċa (start to exist) · fi syntyä (start to exist) · ru брать нача́ло (start to exist) · tr ortaya çıkıvermek (start to exist) · it generarsi (start to exist) · ja 跳ね上がる (start to exist) · es nacer (start to exist) · el ξεφυτρώνω (start to exist) · nl ontspruiten (start to exist)