CROP UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crop up mean? 

• CROP UP (verb)
  The verb CROP UP has 1 sense:

1. appear suddenly or unexpectedly

  Familiarity information: CROP UP used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CROP UP (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Appear suddenly or unexpectedly

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

crop up; pop; pop up

Context example:

He suddenly popped up out of nowhere

Hypernyms (to "crop up" is one way to...):

appear (come into sight or view)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

 Context examples 

As you enter November, follow up ongoing projects, but don’t try to launch new ones because glitches will crop up, and it will be hard to make progress on them.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

You began to see delays crop up, miscommunications, and trouble with electronics and software.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

You will start to notice delays crop up next month, days ahead of February 16.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Mercury will retrograde in your workaday sector (sixth house), so you will need to be vigilant over details of projects, for that is where you are most likely to see errors and do-overs crop up.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)