burst on the scene

burst (up)on the scene

1. To emerge or appear suddenly. As soon as the boys started shoving each other at recess, several teachers burst on the scene.
2. To suddenly gain fame, attention, or recognition. She's been acting for years, but she really burst on the scene after being nominated for an Academy Award.
See also: burst, scene
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

burst (up)on the scene

to appear suddenly somewhere; to enter or arrive suddenly some place. (Upon is formal and less commonly used than on.) The police suddenly burst upon the scene. They burst on the scene and took control.
See also: burst, on, scene
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • burst (up)on the scene
  • burst onto the scene
  • take on (a) new significance
  • burst out of (somewhere or something)
  • take on (a) new meaning
  • a light bulb goes on in (one's) brain
  • a light bulb goes on in (one's) head
  • cut the ground from under someone
  • break out in tears and break in tears
  • cock up
References in periodicals archive
Variously dubbed Nova Persei 1992 or GRO jo422+32 for its location in the sky or the observatory that discovered it, the object has X-ray and ultraviolet spectra resembling those of other candidate black holes that have literally burst on the scene in the past 20 months.
X-rays from dim space hint at a black hole