show up

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show up verb

To appear, arrive, or attend, especially suddenly or erratically.“No matter how many I throw away, more copies always show up.”
To make visible or expose faults and deficiencies in, usually by comparison.“I bet the Jayhawk fast break could show up the Nimrod's lack of speed.”
To make visible; to expose.

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turn up come on show come out surface make an appearance spring up pop up put in an appearance come out of the woodwork crop up drop in splash down come up roll around burst out

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