Show up

Verb

Definitionen

1.VerbTo appear, arrive, or attend, especially suddenly or erratically.

"Please come on time; don't just show up whenever you feel like it.; No matter how many I throw away, more copies always show up."

2.VerbTo be easily visible; to be conspicuous.

"Stains really show up on this white tablecloth."

3.VerbTo make visible; to expose.

"This bright light shows up the dust in the corners of the room.; I bet the Jayhawk fast break could show up the Nimrod's lack of speed."

4.VerbTo make visible or expose faults and deficiencies in, usually by outdoing, outperforming, or outcompeting another.

"I finished in five minutes and she showed me up by finishing in three.; It showed her up in her true colors."

5.VerbTo produce an impression on observers; to come off.

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