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What does burst into tears mean?

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Verb
  1. (idiomatic) to suddenly start weeping
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Legs cramped from running, I slumped down onto the floor and burst into tears.
As the plane touched down, the fatigue and stress suddenly washed over me and I nearly burst into tears.
We had been talking and laughing a great deal for more than half an hour when suddenly the lady burst into tears.
He was screaming and carrying on, and I got such dirty looks from other people who saw what happened that I burst into tears myself.
The kid burst into tears, and ran back to wherever his mom was to go tattle on him.
Knox, a teacher's daughter, reportedly burst into tears when it was suggested she held her flatmate down.

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