to pop out
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2.9
- phrasal verb
- /pɑp aʊt/
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aparecer
- If a genie popped out of a lamp and gave you just one wish, what would it be?
- pop out of nowhere
- just pop out
- suddenly pops out
Are there any that pop out that come to mind?
- Are there any that pop out that come to mind?
- You can just tell that images pop out and look so much sharper.
- You'll see these sort of malignant moments pop out of him, but that's not him.
- And so inconsistencies, asymmetries, they kind of pop out.
- So situations got messy where altercations popped out, you know what I'm saying?
Examples
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For every leak we've plugged, two more pop out.
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Big Bird will pop out of one of these doors next.
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Are there any that pop out that come to mind?
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Just waiting for one to pop out at me today.
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Make him talk, make him say something; you never know what will pop out.
Fiction book (2001) -
Wait, so humans just pop out of other humans?
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They can pop out at any moment.
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I'm sure any minute now, Khumba will pop out of nowhere and surprise us.
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All of a sudden, a squirrel just pops out of nowhere.
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All of a sudden, a squirrel just pops out of nowhere.
Synonyms
526
2.3
To appear or become visible, for example when the sun shines through clouds
492
2.0
To make something open or appear quickly
217
1.0
To move or start suddenly because you are surprised
183
3.0
To appear or arrive when you do not expect it
145
2.5
To appear or happen suddenly
144
3.5
Appear suddenly and briefly when you are not expecting it
115
1.9
Enter or appear suddenly with energy
43
3.3
To appear quickly in a place, often as new shops or cafes
23
3.4
Easy to notice because it looks different or bright
20
4.3
To appear suddenly, often as a problem or question
7
4.2
Appear from a place, often suddenly
5
5.4
Suddenly start to happen with a lot of energy
3
3.1
To jump out suddenly from a hiding place to surprise someone
2
3.4
Start suddenly and appear or happen quickly
1
4.9
Appear suddenly and without warning
1
6.1
Suddenly appear in a place or in someone's mind and surprise people
Antonyms
How Sudden
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'pop' (to appear or move suddenly) with 'out' (to the outside), yielding the notion of an element appearing/moving outside the main frame — which matches the computing sense of detaching into a separate window. This verb+particle composition is a common, transparent pattern and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Pop out may come from the quick little 'pop' of something appearing, like a friend jumping from behind a tree or a color suddenly standing out on a painting, so it means 'to appear suddenly or unexpectedly'.