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[ verb ] jump out from a hiding place and surprise (someone)

Examples

"The attackers leapt out from the bushes"

Used in print

(E. Lucas Myers, "The Vindication of Dr. Nestor,"...)

The doctor 's wits had not left him , however , for all his sixty-eight years , and the wails were almost immediately lost in the sound of water rushing_out from the showerhead .

Related terms

appear

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