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ROGET THESAURUS

RELATED WORDS : act upon agreed upon alight upon bear down upon bear upon blunder upon borne in upon build upon burst burst forth burst in burst in on burst out chance upon come upon coming upon comment upon depend upon descend upon embark upon encroach upon enter upon expanding upon fall upon fasten upon fawn upon feed upon force upon frown upon gain upon happen upon hinge upon hit upon impose upon insist upon light upon look down upon look upon marched upon obtrude upon pounce upon presume upon prevail upon put upon reflect upon set upon settle upon spring upon stumble upon supervene upon swoop down upon touch upon tread upon upon upon one's guard visit upon wear upon weigh upon

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb burst upon has 1 sense

• burst upon(v = verb.communication) burst in on - spring suddenly; "He burst upon our conversation"
is one way to break up, cut off, disrupt, interrupt
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

ROGET THESAURUS

burst upon

Arrival

VB arrive, get to, come to, come, reach, attain, come up with, come up to, overtake, make, fetch, complete, join, rejoin, light, alight, dismount, land, go ashore, debark, disembark, put in, put into, visit, cast anchor, pitch one's tent, sit down, get to one's journey's end, make the land, be in at the death, come back, get back, come home, get home, return, come in, make one's appearance, drop in, detrain, deplane, outspan, de-orbit, come to hand, come at, come across, hit, come upon, light upon, pop upon, bounce upon, plump upon, burst upon, pitch upon, meet, encounter, rencounter, come in contact.

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