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Idiom

spring to life

Meaning

To start to exist.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“The garden seems to spring to life in the spring.”

“As the music started, the quiet party suddenly began to spring to life with people dancing.”

“When the conductor raised his baton, the silent orchestra seemed to spring to life, filling the hall with a sudden, vibrant energy.”

Examples

simple

“The garden seems to spring to life in the spring.”

contextual

“As the music started, the quiet party suddenly began to spring to life with people dancing.”

complex

“When the conductor raised his baton, the silent orchestra seemed to spring to life, filling the hall with a sudden, vibrant energy.”

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