sprung out

Suddenly burst forward

Sprung out describes something that emerged suddenly or unexpectedly, often with force or surprise: A cat sprung out from behind the bushes.

It can also mean extended outward: The awning sprung out over the sidewalk.

In slang, to be sprung out on something is to be obsessed or strung out: He's totally sprung out on that new video game.

Related

arisen · surfaced · materialized · blossomed · exploded · sprout · shot up · erupted · manifested · overflowed · bounded · launched · darted · bolted · surged · gushed · popped up · revealed

Opposites
manner of emergence

sprung outcrept out

Exited with stealth

edged out

direction of movement

sprung outjumped in

Entered abruptly, often uninvited

burst in · popped in

containment state

sprung outheld back

Kept from advancing

stayed put · receded · withdrew · kept in · withdrawn

Family

sprung, out, spring, springs, springy, springing, springer, springboard, offspring

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G