Crop Up (Verb)
Meaning
Appear suddenly or unexpectedly; "The farm popped into view as we turned the corner"; "He suddenly popped up out of nowhere".
Classification
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
Examples
- Memory problems tend to crop up in people over the age of sixty more frequently than in younger individuals.
- During his speech, hecklers continued to crop up in the audience, interrupting him at every opportunity.
- Technical issues began to crop up as the old computer struggled to handle the complex software updates.
- Complications from her surgery began to crop up months after her initial recovery, forcing her back into the hospital.
- As travel costs rose, last-minute deals offering cheap flights would occasionally crop up for specific destinations.