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to spring on
[phrase form: spring]
01
to inform someone of surprising news or information
Grammatical Information
Composition
phrasal
Action verb
Regular
Separable
Particle
on
Base verb
spring
Present tense
spring on
3rd person singular
springs on
Present participle
springing on
Past simple
sprang on
Past participle
sprung on
Examples
She sprang the news on her parents that she had won a scholarship to study abroa
