"burst up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: bursts up [present, singular, third-person], bursting up [participle, present], burst up [participle, past], burst up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|burst<,,burst> up}} burst up (third-person singular simple present bursts up, present participle bursting up, simple past and past participle burst up)
  1. (dated, colloquial) To explode. Tags: colloquial, dated
    Sense id: en-burst_up-en-verb--xNl3kvv
  2. (dated, colloquial) To fail; to go bankrupt. Tags: colloquial, dated
    Sense id: en-burst_up-en-verb-YshHIStV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 80 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 24 76

Inflected forms

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