spring up

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spring up

verb springs up · springing up · sprang up · sprung up

intransitive To appear suddenly. A breeze had sprung up, pushing the ship back within range of the Spanish cannons.
Similar: pop up
figuratively, intransitive To come rapidly into existence. In 1924 the Hashemite King Hussein was driven out of the Hedjaz by Ibn Saud, and a state of war sprang up between the new kingdoms of Saudi Arabia and Trans-Jordan.
Similar: upspring

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verb to come rapidly into existence

Français	pousser

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@misc{spring_up_2026,
  title = {spring up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/spring%20up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}