Come out of the woodwork

verb

Definitions

1.verb(disapproving) to appear or emerge unexpectedly or inexplicably, frequently in large numbers or quantity.

"He won the lottery last year and he has had old "friends" and distant relatives coming out of the woodwork ever since."

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