burst at the seams
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English
[edit]Verb
[edit]burst at the seams (third-person singular simple present bursts at the seams, present participle bursting at the seams, simple past and past participle burst at the seams)
- To be too full; to hold more than can be comfortably accommodated.
- 2020 June 3, Richard Clinnick, “Network News: HS2 progress: "volume of activity is growing"”, in Rail, page 11:
- "HS2 is based on the West Coast Main Line bursting at the seams. Both that and the East Coast Main Line are at bursting point for capacity.
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References
[edit]- “burst at the seams”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “bursting at the seams”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “be bursting bulging at the seams” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.