spring out at someone

spring out at someone
spring out at someone
to jump out at someone. •

A grasshopper sprang out at me when I peered into the hollow log.

I was afraid that something would spring out at me, so I opened the cellar door carefully.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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