show up

Definition

To appear, arrive, or attend, especially suddenly or erratically.

Example Sentences

• "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."
• "“We showed up. We showed up,” Mr. Biden said at a news conference at the United Nations summit on climate change, known as COP26, in Glasgow, Scotland. “The fact that China is trying to assert, understandably, a new role in the world as a world leader, not showing up? Huh. The single most important thing that’s gotten the attention of the world is climate.”"