WordNet
burst upon
v. spring suddenly; "He burst upon our conversation" [syn: burst in on]
Usage examples of "burst upon".
I had watched, cringed in horror, as the children of Los Angeles burst upon Cedars-Sinai Medical Center by the carload, all with aching joints and fever, with symptoms that could kill within days.
At that moment the radar alarm in the forward control cabin burst upon them, unwelcome and warning.
The storm burst upon him with appalling speed, crackling, rumbling, and roaring, with a sound like the walls of Heaven itself, crumbling under siege.