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spring on someone
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Idioms and Phrases
Present or make known unexpectedly, as in They sprung the news of their engagement on the family last night . This idiom uses spring in the sense of “make a sudden move.†Mark Twain used it in Tom Sawyer (1876): “Old Mr. Jones is going to try to spring something on the people here tonight.â€Discover More
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Not really the sort of thing a person ought to spring on someone.
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