spring from
phrasal verb
sprang from or sprung from; sprung from; springing from; springs from
informal
: to start from or be caused by (something)
The idea sprang from a dream I had.
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In that one, the couple strike up a friendship after getting sprung from jail, before Keoghan goes back to his felonious ways and gets arrested again.
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 14 Feb. 2025
The actor, 54, will open up about his 2023 near-fatal snowplow accident in his forthcoming memoir, My Next Breath, which will hit shelves this spring from Flatiron Books.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 23 Jan. 2025
Advertisement As is typically the case, both of these panics springs from a nugget of truth.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
The result is a whistleblower-protection measure, House Bill 1031, that is the first of what may become a four-bill package of overlapping law enforcement reforms that sprang from those negotiations and last year’s unsuccessful effort.
—Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 8 Feb. 2025
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 14 Feb. 2025
The actor, 54, will open up about his 2023 near-fatal snowplow accident in his forthcoming memoir, My Next Breath, which will hit shelves this spring from Flatiron Books.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 23 Jan. 2025
Advertisement As is typically the case, both of these panics springs from a nugget of truth.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
The result is a whistleblower-protection measure, House Bill 1031, that is the first of what may become a four-bill package of overlapping law enforcement reforms that sprang from those negotiations and last year’s unsuccessful effort.
—Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 8 Feb. 2025
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“Spring from.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spring%20from. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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