pop up

verb

appear suddenly or unexpectedly (Freq. 4)

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The farm popped into view as we turned the corner

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He suddenly popped up out of nowhere

• Syn: ↑crop up, ↑pop

• Hypernyms: ↑appear

• Verb Frames:

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Something ——s

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Somebody ——s PP

(for: ↑pop)

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APPEAR (SUDDENLY), occur (suddenly), arrive, materialize, come along, happen, emerge, arise, crop up, turn up, present itself, come to light; informal show up.

→ pop

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ˌpop ˈup [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they pop up he/she/it pops up present participle popping up past tense popped up past participle popped up] phrasal verb

to appear very quickly or suddenly

The daffodils and tulips are popping up everywhere.

Thesaurus: to appear slightly, suddenly or temporarily_synonym

Main entry: pop

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1) appear or occur suddenly and unexpectedly

these memories can pop up from time to time

2) hit a baseball high into the air but not deep, providing an easy catch

in three at bats, he struck out twice and popped up

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pop up [phrasal verb]

informal

1 : to appear in usually a sudden or unexpected way

Coffee shops seem to be popping up everywhere.

New evidence has been popping up every day in the trial.

Problems kept popping up.

2 baseball : to hit a high fly ball that does not go very far : to hit a pop fly

The batter popped up [=popped] to the second baseman.

— see also ↑pop-up

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Main Entry: ↑pop