crop up

Definition

To occur, especially suddenly or unexpectedly.

Example Sentences

• "We'll finish tonight if no problems crop up."
• "Cares crop up in villas."
• "The potential for conflicts cropped up immediately. In April 2012, after her maternity leave and while she was waiting to get her S.G.E. designation, Teneo asked her to intercede on behalf of its client Judith Rodin, the president of the Rockefeller Foundation, in obtaining a seat on the President’s Global Development Council."