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Grammar : Verb |
Spell : shoh |
Phonetic Transcription : ʃoʊ |
Definition of show up
Origin :- 1826, "to disgrace through exposure," see show (v.) + up (adv.). Meaning "to put in an appearance, be present" is from 1888.
- verb arrive, attend
- verb expose, embarrass
- She'll show up after the paper goes to press, if not sooner.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- She's always giving them candy and fruit, whenever they show up at the station.
- Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
- Here's a chance to show up the harbor on one of its ugliest, rottenest ideas!
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
- "I guess that will show up every pebble in the road," commented the balloonist.
- Extract from : « Tom Swift and his Electric Runabout » by Victor Appleton
- If he is sent to search title-deeds, he does not show up 80 in the office for a week.
- Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
- How's it show up alongside the watches the other girls have up to that Boston school?
- Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- O'Malley did not show up at mess and Stan began to wonder where he had gone.
- Extract from : « A Yankee Flier Over Berlin » by Al Avery
- They waited for Sim to show up, but he did not come to the room.
- Extract from : « A Yankee Flier Over Berlin » by Al Avery
- She'd been annoyed when Cappy failed to show up with the present he'd promised Richard.
- Extract from : « Tree, Spare that Woodman » by Dave Dryfoos
- She's made me show up like a bad old copper penny 'longside of her.
- Extract from : « Highacres » by Jane Abbott
Synonyms for show up
- appear
- be conspicuous
- be visible
- belittle
- blow in
- come
- convict
- debunk
- defeat
- discover
- discredit
- get
- get in
- highlight
- invalidate
- lay bare
- let down
- make an appearance
- mortify
- pinpoint
- put in appearance
- put spotlight on
- put to shame
- reach
- reveal
- shame
- show
- show in bad light
- stand out
- turn up
- uncloak
- undress
- unmask
- unshroud
- worst
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