spring to life
English
Verb
spring to life (third-person singular simple present springs to life, present participle springing to life, simple past sprang to life or sprung to life, past participle sprung to life)
- (idiomatic) To start to exist.
- Sometimes the ideas spring to life fully formed.
- 2011 January 15, Sam Sheringham, “Chelsea 4 - 3 Blackburn Rovers”, in BBC:
- 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.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:come into being
Translations
start to exist
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