to pop up
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3.5
- phrasal verb
- /pɑp ʌp/
:
surgir
- New cafes have started to pop up in the neighborhood this year.
- a pop up window
- begin to pop up
- a head popped up
So the app automatically pops up every Sunday.
- So the app automatically pops up every Sunday.
- Because once something pops up, your attention goes here.
- Another thing that will commonly pop up will be memories.
- And who knows, you might see your face pop up in my next video.
- And then the the Empress pops up on the video screen.
- You've seen a flu epidemic pop up out of nowhere, right?
- Apparently before this week, you'd never see that pop up first in a Google search, right?
- Then this little word started to pop up from people around me.
- And the thing that popped up was this idea of cognitive control.
- But but you've obviously popped up in these music videos.
Examples
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And who knows, you might see your face pop up in my next video.
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You know, you can't just pop up and tell me what to do.
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Never know where I might pop up!
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A problem that can pop up no matter how many times you test something.
Fiction book (1993) -
Because once something pops up, your attention goes here.
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Another thing that will commonly pop up will be memories.
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You think you kill him, and he pops up some place else.
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Once in a while, a head would pop up and stare at me.
Fiction book (1993) -
So the app automatically pops up every Sunday.
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Dictators are popping up all over the world.
Synonyms
492
2.0
To make something open or appear quickly
20
2.9
To appear suddenly without warning
20
4.3
To appear suddenly, often as a problem or question
1
4.9
Appear suddenly and without warning
Antonyms
How Sudden
Surface Forms
Morphology
The verb 'pop' already conveys quick, sudden movement or appearance and the particle 'up' adds a sense of emergence; together they directly yield 'appear suddenly'. This compositional motion/emergence pattern is common in English (and mirrored in many languages), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents should be able to infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The verb pop up comes from the picture of something making a quick pop and jumping up, like a toy that suddenly appears. That's why it means 'to appear suddenly'.