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Pop up   /pɑp əp/   Listen
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verb
1.
Appear suddenly or unexpectedly.  Synonyms: crop up, pop.  "He suddenly popped up out of nowhere"






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"Pop up" Quotes from Famous Books



... did pop up and I told the Lord Mayor my troubles, and he waved me a hearty wave of his hand and said he'd do anything to oblige an American, and I came down again, and here was the bobby still very upright but watching my approach from the tail of his eye. ...
— The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 • Various

... for clues as news," responded Jack. "Perhaps I can pick up some of both. You never can tell when they'll pop up. Don't ...
— The Boy Scouts Patrol • Ralph Victor

... china which had a history of five generations slipped out of her hands and smashed; Sam's toaster wouldn't toast or pop up; Simone couldn't even use the telephone for fear of getting a wrong number, ...
— The Putnam Tradition • Sonya Hess Dorman

... the sea nymphs. "But while you are gone, we may as well lie down on a bank of soft sponge under the water. The air to-day is a little too dry for our comfort. But we will pop up our heads every few minutes to see ...
— Tanglewood Tales • Nathaniel Hawthorne

... black men, and I think I could trust them, as far as honesty goes, but they would not be enough to work the ship, and I could not think of any white men with whom I would trust my life and that gold in the same vessel. But now they seemed to pop up ...
— The Adventures of Captain Horn • Frank Richard Stockton



Words linked to "Pop up" :   appear



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