Antonyms for show up

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

Example sentences :

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

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