show up
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show up
verb shows up · showing up · showed up · shown up
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To appear, arrive, or attend, especially suddenly or erratically.
Please come on time; don't just show up whenever you feel like it.
Similar: turn up
- To be easily visible; to be conspicuous. Stains really show up on this white tablecloth.
- To make visible; to expose. This bright light shows up the dust in the corners of the room.
- To make visible or expose faults and deficiencies in, usually by outdoing, outperforming, or outcompeting another. I finished in five minutes and she showed me up by finishing in three.
- To produce an impression on observers; to come off. A pleasing countenance showing above a suit of clothes is attractive and makes the suit show up well, while a face with a blank expression is likely to make a man say to himself, "Well if that man's clothes is going to make me look like that I don't want any of them."
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verb to appear
| Español | comparecer, personarse, apersonarse |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 現れる arawareru |
| 中文 | 露面 lòumiàn, lùmiàn |
| Français | apparaître, se montrer se pointer |
| Deutsch | auftauchen, erscheinen |
| Română | apărea |
| Русский | объявля́ться obʺjavljátʹsja, объяви́ться obʺjavítʹsja, находи́ться naxodítʹsja, найти́сь najtísʹ, появля́ться pojavljátʹsja, появи́ться pojavítʹsja |
verb to expose
| Français | humilier |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | sich zeigen |
Talk about this word "show up." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/show%20up. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. show up. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/show%20up "show up." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/show%20up.
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@misc{show_up_2026,
title = {show up},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/show%20up},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
