to show up
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1.4
- phrasal verb
- /ʃoʊ ʌp/
- After an hour of waiting, he finally showed up at the restaurant.
- show up late
- fail to show up
- show up on time
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Watch on YouTubeAnd it does not show up in photographs.
- And it does not show up in photographs.
- Like it feels really good when I can just show up and be me.
- And so of course that would show up in his behaviors.
- I'm looking for them first and foremost to show up with an open mind.
- So I have to show up as who I am.
- You just have to be diligent and show up and, and do the work.
- And then other people started showing up with their own struggles.
- The narcissistic entitlement can show up in lots of ways.
- And that strain may show up in other places.
- It was unpleasant, but we showed up and God save the king.
- The mass shooter doesn't show up in that way.
- All of that shows up as adults, right?
- And she says to Corwin when he shows up, here we go.
Examples
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For how long? - Until I show up, you understand?
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Look who finally decided to show up an hour late.
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So I will show up to class on time.
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Like it feels really good when I can just show up and be me.
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It's just when you show up things happen.
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And then he showed up to work the next day like nothing happened.
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And what happens if a member of staff does not show up on shift?
Academic text (2011) -
So these students showed up to protest.
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There are 200 guests about to show up at the Four Seasons, all right?
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I'm looking for them first and foremost to show up with an open mind.
Synonyms
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2.3
To appear or become visible, for example when the sun shines through clouds
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1.0
To come into view or become visible
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3.0
To appear or arrive when you do not expect it
389
2.1
Begin to appear or become visible
290
2.0
To appear after being lost or when not expected
264
3.5
To come out from behind or under something and become visible
64
3.5
Go to an event, often briefly or in a formal way
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4.2
Appear from a place, often suddenly
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4.9
To arrive somewhere in a way that draws a lot of attention
Antonyms
How Visible
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to appear/arrive' is directly inferable from combining 'show' (make visible/indicate) with the particle 'up' (toward view or completion), so a learner who knows both words can reasonably deduce 'become visible' or 'turn up/arrive'. This follows a common English verb+up pattern signaling appearance/completion and is therefore immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner familiar with the constituents.
Etymology
Show up comes from the simple image of something becoming visible: the thing shows itself and comes up into view, like a guest walking into a room and suddenly being seen. So it means 'to appear' or 'to arrive'.