Local English word record

pop up

verb · 1 sense

appear suddenly or unexpectedly

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Examples

  • The farm popped into view as we turned the corner
  • He suddenly popped up out of nowhere

Word relationships

Synonyms

crop up, pop

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Princeton WordNet 3.0