make an appearance

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make an appearance

verb makes an appearance · making an appearance · made an appearance

  1. idiomatic To turn up to an event for a brief moment.

    Similar: put in an appearance

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verb turn up to an event

Españolhacer acto de presencia
中文露面 lòumiàn, 出場 /出场 chūchǎng, 現身 /现身 xiànshēn, 出席 chūxí
Françaisfaire acte de présence

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@misc{make_an_appearance_2026,
  title = {make an appearance},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/make%20an%20appearance},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}