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Definition of Show up

1. Verb. Appear or become visible; make a showing. "I hope the list key is going to surface again"

2. Verb. Be or become visible or noticeable. "The moon will soon show up "; "The dirty side will show"

Definition of Show up

1. Verb. (intransitive) To appear, arrive, or attend, especially suddenly or erratically. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive idiomatic) To outperform or one-up, often in an arrogant manner. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To make visible; to expose. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Show Up

show of hands show off show offs show one's cards show one's face show one's hand show one's true colors show round show somebody the door show stopper

show stoppers show the door show the flag show time show trial show up show willing show window showability showable

showband showbands showbiz showbizzes showbizzy showboat showboated showboater showboaters showboating

Literary usage of Show up

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Backup Book: Disaster Recovery from Desktop to Data Center by Dorian J. Cougias, E. L. Heiberger, Karsten Koop (2003)
"What are some other reasons that devices don't show up on a network map? Simple—the network is somehow corrupted at the network cabling, network address, ..."

2. Psychology of the Other-one: An Introductory Text-book of Psychology by Max Friedrich Meyer (1922)
"... CHAPTER VII How THE OTHER-ONE'S DEVELOPED NERVOUS FUNCTIONS show up ANATOMICALLY. ... show up ..."

3. Lettering for Draftsmen, Engineers, and Students: A Practical System of by Charles William Reinhardt (1895)
"When reduced considerably, Italic lettering, as a rule, does not show up so well as the same size of the ordinary slanting type described before, ..."

4. Armature Winding and Motor Repair: Practical Information and Data Covering by Daniel Harvey Braymer (1920)
"... it was decided to leave the resistance out to prevent future trouble. Ways that End-play Variations show up.—The principal purpose of having ..."

5. Armature Winding and Motor Repair: Practical Information and Data Covering by Daniel Harvey Braymer (1920)
"Ways that End-play Variations show up.—The principal purpose of having end-play in the armature of a motor or of a generator is to keep the brushes from ..."

6. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1910)
"When this test is applied to the Colos- sian-Ephesian letters, they show up strongly. Colossians abounds in Pauline sentences (i. 3-7, 9-21, 24-29, etc.). ..."

7. Problems of the Finishing Room: A Reference and Formula Manual for Furniture by Walter Karl Schmidt (1916)
"Unless something is done during the process of cleaning up to bring these indentations back, they will show up after the goods are finished. ..."

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