Usually means: Suddenly start crying very hard.
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  1. burst into tears: Merriam-Webster
  2. burst into tears: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  3. burst into tears: Wiktionary

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  1. burst into tears: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (burst into tears)

▸ verb:  (idiomatic) To suddenly start crying or sobbing.

Similar:
bawl one's eyes out, cry like a baby, blirt, ugly cry, blubber, bawl, cry like a little girl, turn on the waterworks, bubble, bust out, more...

Opposite:
restrain, compose, control, hold back, refrain

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Similar:
bawl one's eyes out, cry like a baby, blirt, ugly cry, blubber, bawl, cry like a little girl, turn on the waterworks, bubble, bust out, more...

Opposite:
restrain, compose, control, hold back, refrain



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