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Definition of
spring from phrasal verb
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
spring from
phrasal verb
phrasal verb
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Phrasal Verbs
spring from something
(
formal
)
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to be caused by something; to start from something
The idea for the novel sprang from a trip to India.
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